Gavr-Booxs.—Two magazines intended for the same class of readers may
be mentioned together. These are Young England: an Illustrated Magazine for Bays (S.S.U., 58.), and Chivas: an Illustrated Paper for Boys (Cassell and Co., 88.) We have no intention of drawing any comparison as to merit between the two. Young England is of the more serious character ; Chums is the more varied in its interests. We cannot help expressing, as we have often expressed before, our regret at the prominence given in the latter periodical to the prize system. In one column we see "three magic lanterns," a "splendid bicycle," "24 hand- some illustrated volumes," "six silver watches," and "six hand- some stamp-albums or gold pens" offered for competition. And every subscriber is implored to worry his friends into subscribing. —From the Sunday School Union we have also received an old favourite—it is the "sixty-sixth annual volume "—The Child's Own Magasine. It come, therefore, with the prestige of a long- established reputation. The illustrations are excellent.
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