King Fo, The Lord Of Misrule. By Robert Dudley. (thomas
de la Rue and Co.)—This book rather misses its mark. The pictures are not badly drawn ; but both in picture and text a sort of rowdy vulgarity seems to be mistaken for humour. A......
Hayti.*
'Tins remarkable, terribly honest, and ruthlessly realistic book is not so much a historical and statistical account of Hayti as an indictment against the people that inhabit......
Plodding On. By Henry Carwen. (j. Hogg.)—this Is Another...
of biographies of men who have won their way to eminence of one kind or another. It has reached a second edition.......
Plower And Leaf. By Mrs. Davenport Adams. (snttaby And Co.)
—This is a compilation of passages from the poets, of which flowers and trees are the subjects. "Flowers in General," and "Individual Flowers," are the titles of the two parts,......
Good Stories. By Charles Reads. (chatta And Windus.)—some...
stories are very slight, little more than scraps of anecdote. The longer ones have much of the writer's characteristic merits. "Pit for Tat," a remarkably vigorous picture of......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. Play ; a Picture Book of Boys, Girls, and Babies. Drawn by Edith Scannell. (Marcus Ward.)—This is a first-rate book for children. The pictures are large, well-drawn,......
Heroes Of American Discovery. By N. D'anvers. (marcus...
Co.)—Miss D'Anvers has added another volume to her inter- esting and valuable series of "stories of discovery." This time she takes us from Africa to America, not going,......
Stories Out Of School-time. By Ascott Hope. (i....
stories have, he tells us, "almost all already appeared in print, bat for the most part will be new to the rising generation of our day." He is too modest in supposing that his......
Nursery Numbers ; A New Book Of Old Rhymes. (marcus
Ward.)— This is shook of the same class as the last. It consists of illustrations of the old never-to-be-improved-on nursery rhymes. The costumes of the personages are, perhaps,......
In Freedom's Cause. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And Son
)—Mr. Henty is one of the hest of the story-tellers who provide amusement at this season for young people. This time he tells us "a story of Wallace and Brace." The subject......
Under Mother's Wing. By L. C. Illustrated By J. K.
(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This is a book with pretty pictures ; but both style, drawing, and colouring are perhaps too fanciful and too delicate for children. As for the......
The Pirate Island. By Harry Collingwood. (blackie And...
story opens with a very spirited account of a rescue by a life- boat. The young hero of this adventure (who swims with a rope to the wreck) then takes service in a collier. The......
Little Boys And Wooden Horses. By Juliana Horatia Ewing....
by R. Andre.—Papa Poodle, and other Pets. By the Same.—Tongues in Trees. By the Same. (S.P.C.K.)—Mrs. Ewing is too old a favourite with children to need commenda- tion. The......
Pleasant Authors For Young Folks. By Amanda Harris....
and Son.)—Here we have some biographies, sketched, of course, from necessary limitations of space, in outline only, of various authors who have written books that are favourites......
Ursula Vivian. By Annie S. Swan. (oliphant, Anderson, And...
Edinburgh.)—A heroine who is "not beautiful" in chapter 1 is pretty sure to become so before the .end of the story, and Ursula is no exception to the rule. She has other......
Goldsmith's Deserted Village. Sketched By F. S. Welke:....
la Rue and Co.)—Very fair illustrations ; but the Deserted Village is hardly a good subject for illustrations h la Caldee,ott. There is no humour in it; and though the......
Previous page
