Fifty-two Stories Of The Brave And True For Girls. Edited
by Alfred H. Miles. (Hutchinson and Co. 5s.)—Mr. Miles has again given us a very pleasant collection of tales. It may perhaps be objected that some of the incidents described......
Under The Spangled Banner. By Captain F. S. Brereton....
and Son. 5s.)—It is, of course, too early to write the history of the Spanish-American War, but we cannot object to stories about it. It is new ground; it gives an opportunity......
The Pot - Hunters. By P. G. Wodehouse. (a. And C. Black.
3s. 6d.) -A school-story this, and a good one. The most puzzling thing that ever comes to pass in a school is theft. It cannot be regarded from the ordinary point of view ; that......
The Dew Babies. By Helen Broadbent. (hutchinson And Co....
is a prettily written fairy-story, not on the old lines of the "White Cat" and "Jack the Giant Killer," but of a more sentimental kind. Oberon, Titania, Robin Goodfellow, Puck,......
The Century Magazine. (macmillan And Co. 108. 6d.) — The...
is always a welcome sight, and the present volume, as a whole, does not fall below the expectations of the reader. We cannot but think, however, that it is a mistake in a......
Stories Of The Abbey Precincts. By Agnes Giberne. (r.t.s....
6d.)—Miss Giberne has made a success of this collection of short stories. Each has a sufficient interest of its own, and this is heightened by the skilfully managed thread of......
St. Nicholas Magazine. (macmillan And Co. 8s.)—st....
to meet the requirements of a magazine which can be given with equal appropriateness to boys and girls ; the letter- press is chiefly of a kind that will interest both. This is......
The Doll - Man's Gift. By Harry A. James. (g. Newnes. Ls.
6d.) —" Will you, too, sell those apples at the fair ?" said Ladykin's father to her. " No, daddy, no !" answered the child, " I shall give them away." "Then you will indeed be......
Torn From The Foundations. By David Ker. (andrew Melrose....
6d.)—Mr. Ker, who lays the scene of his story in Eastern Brazil, opens the tale with a striking incident, admirably de- scribed, and keeps up to the same level with considerable......
The Secret Of Berry Pomeroy. By Fred Whishaw. (griffith,...
Browne, and Co. 35. 6d.)—Mr. Whishaw is always able to tell a story well, but he has not this time, we think, got a subject that suits him particularly. The "Lion's Cub" of last......
The Kidnapping Of Ettie, And Other Tales. By " Brown...
(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—These eleven stories are of a somewhat a nimal quality. They are wholly unconventional ; the figures in them are not cut to the familiar patterns to which......
A Hero Of The Highlands. By E. Everett-green. (t. Nelson
and Sons. 5s.)—Miss Everett-Green's literary output is not a little surprising. Here is a volume of about a hundred and ten thousand words, a task to which a good portion of a......
Worth While. By Annette Lyster. (s.p.c.k. 2s.)—we Must...
we liked the first half of this story better than we liked the second. Miss Lyster might have enforced the lessons and drawn the morals which she wishes to enforce and to draw......
With The British Legion In Spain. By G. A. Henty.
(Blackie and Son. fis.)—The story of the British Legion is not exactly one which Englishmen look back to with great satisfaction. It was commanded by a gallant and skilful......
The Tramp Ship's Fate. By F. M. Holmes. (s. W.
Partridge and Co. 2s.)—A "tramp ship," it should be understood, is a ship that is ready to carry cargo wherever it may be wanted. The Meteor' carried tinplates from Wales to the......
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