Indian Fables. Collected And Edited By P. V. Ramaswami Raja.
(Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—The editor of this volume, the contents of which have already appeared in the Leisure Hour, illustrates by it the general belief that "the East is......
We Gladly Accord A Welcome, Which We Have Already More
than once expressed, to the Boy's Own Annual and the Girl's Own Annual. (Boy's Own Paper Office, 56 Paternoster Row.)—These are the annual volumes of the Boy's Own Paper and the......
We Have To Acknowledge An Illustrated Edition Of...
B. L. Stevenson. (Cassell and Co.)—It too frequently happens that illustrations, so called, neither explain nor adorn the volumes in which they are found. They are hastily done......
The Ballad Of The Chorister-boy. By The Bishop Of Bedford.
With Illustrations by H. I. A. Mills. (Wells Gardner, Dorton, and Co.)— The pictures are &cod, but we do not quite understand the purpose of the Bishop's ballad. Does it mean......
The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. A. New Edition,...
by the Rev. George Tyler Townsend, M.A. (F. Warne and Co.)—Mr. Townsend's notes are useful as far as they go. This is not very far,—indeed, anything elaborate would have been......
' A Golden Age. By Ismay Thorne. (hatchards.)—three Boys,...
Carlisle, Trelawny Hamilton, and his brother, Polwynth- or, rather, two boys and a child—form themselves into an association which has for its motto the rhyme,— " By Pol, Tee,......
We Have Received A New Edition Of Froggy's Little Brother,
by "Brenda" (J. R. Shaw), an excellent story. The illustrations with which this edition has been furnished are of various value. Some are fairly good ; but for others little can......
The Emperor Of Germany, William I.: A Life-sketch. By Athol
May- hew. (Nelson and Sons.)—Successive chapters describe the Emperor during the stages of his career as Prince William, Prince of Prussia, or Heir-Apparent to the Prussian......
A Minor Chord The Organist's Story. By Nevill Herne....
Heron and Dan McAlister are friends, and they love the same woman, and the story tells how Heron gives up his love for duty's sake. The girl, in a fit of ill-humour, sends away......
Daphne's Decision. By Emma Marshall. (james Nisbet And...
all the earlier part of this story, Mrs. Marshall is equal, and more than equal, to herself. She gives, as she can give, plenty of humour,—and humour is very welcome when one is......
We Have Received The Annual Volumes Of The Twin-magazines...
lished by the Religious Tract Society, for Sunday and week-day reading respectively, the Sunday at Home and the Leisure Hour. The former contains two principal serial stories,......
Her Grandfather, The Cathedral Organist, And A...
is one of the ohoriaters, has certain adventures which she describes in her diary. Little girls, happily, do not write diaries,— at least, diaries that can fill up fair.sized......
The Life And Work Of J. L. E. Meissonier, By
Lionel Robinson (Art Journal Office), in the "Art Annual" for the year. The rare distinction of " H.R.A.," bestowed upon M. Meissonier by our Academy, and the favour whit* his......
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