Told With Much Force, And Full Of Interesting...
the more interesting because they will be new to most English readers. Ursula Clifford comes to live with her uncle, George Brendon, at his farm up-country. She is but fifteen......
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......
The Cruise Of The Katherina. By John A. Higginson. (t.
Nelson and Sons. ls.)—Mr. Higginson tells us a breezy story of " blackbirding " and piracy in the South Seas. It is full of ad- venture, contains an exciting plot, and is by no......
Fifty - Two Stories For The Little Ones. Edited By A. H.
Miles. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—Probably older readers will appreciate this collection quite as much as children will. We can assure them that they will find some charming......
Cap'n Nat's Treasure. By Robert Leighton. (s. W....
Co. 5s.)—Mr. Leighton has reached such a degree of skill in nar- rating a romance or an adventure that it is no longer necessary for him to go far afield in search of incident.......
Thor, Balder, And The Giants With Whom They Contended, Some-
what lurid in colour, for Walhalla was not as the shining Olympus, but striking in outline. What a fine imagining, for instance, it is when Thor in his journeying comes upon an......
. Fifty - Two Stories Of The Brave And True For Boys.
Edited by A. H. Miles. (Hutchinson and Co. 5s.)—Regarded from a literary point of view, these selections of Mr. Miles seem to improve, as he has widened his scope to take in......
Only A Kitten. By E. M. Mian. (t. Fisher Unwin.
3s. 6d.) —This is a collection of short stories embodying the moral that the Ancient Mariner learnt a little too late, and one that many people never learn at all. Most children......
The Frozen Treasure. By C. Dudley-lampen. (s.p.c.k. 2s....
Duncan Romaine, going with companions to seek a treasure somewhere in the province of Archangel, is beset and hindered at every turn by emissaries of the Russian Government. One......
Hands Of Some Slave-dealers After Being Wrecked On The East
Coast of Africa. They obtain their liberty, only to fall into the hands of the tribe who had wiped out the slave-hunters. They again obtain their release after sundry......
In The 10th Hussars, Goes Through The Afghan Campaign Of
1878, and distinguishes himself in various ways. Mr. Johnston, who follows history closely in the campaign, describes the disaster at the ford, the cholera march, and the fight......
Three Scottish Heroines. By E. Traice. (t. Nelson And Sons.
ls. 6d.)—The adventures of Lady Nithsdale, Grizel Hume, and Grizel Cochrane are very clearly and brightly related. One would like to have known how they managed to conceal Sir......
Conan, The Wonder Worker. By Mary Ii. Debenham. (national...
3s.'Gd.)—This is a Viking story with much of the full- bodied flavour we attach to the times and deeds of a lawless age. Conan, a Scot, is captured with a young Saxon thegn and......
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