The Haunted House. By Thomas Hood. With Introduction By...
Dobson. Illustrated by Herbert Railton. (Lawrence and Bullen.)—Mr. Austin Dobson tells the story of the last three years of Hood's life,—years of work done, in spite of all......
The Tiger Of Mysore. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And
Son.)— This is a very vigorous picture, which Mr. Henty has drawn for his young readers, of the wars between the East India Company and Tippoo, the Tiger. Dick Holland, the......
In "the Children's Favourite Series" (e. Arnold) We Have Two
volumes, My Book of Perils, in which the balloons of the Siege of Paris, the trenches in the Crimea, and various other scenes of war, hunting, and exploration furnish the......
Current Literature.
St. Andrews in 1645 - 46. By D. R. Kerr. (William Blackwood and Sons.)—Nowadays an extraordinary amount of interest is taken in old St. Andrews, and not by Scotchmen alone. It......
A Special Interest Must Always Attach To The Story Of
the Princess Alice. Not only had she great opportunities of action, and used them to the full, but she had also an intellectual and spiritual side to her life, which presents......
Sunshine, 1895. (g. Stoneman.)—this Periodical, Intended,...
"For the Home, the School, and the World," claims as its founder the late Dr. Meynell Whittemore, a well-known writer of this kind of literature. It is an interest- ing and......
John Chandos, And Fights At Poitiers, Is A Hero After
a boy's heart. Not only is he a giant in stature and courage, but he has a cool head, and shows himself a born leader. He rapidly works himself into the favour of the Black......
Madagascar Of To-day. By The Rev. W. E. Cousins. (r.t.s.)
—Mr. Cousins has been a missionary in the island for more than thirty years. To these opportunities of observation he adds a liberal and broad-minded way of looking at things......
In The Series Of "science Talks To Young Thinkers"...
Anderson, and Ferrier), we have Nature's Story, by H. Farquhar, B.D. Mr. Farquhar discourses about flowers, with special refer- ence to their reproduction and preservation, and......
Messrs. Bliss, Sands, And Foster Have Reprinted In One...
Edward William Lane's translation of The Arabian Nights' Enter- tainments. They have added from another source the stories of "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and "All Baba and......
Stamford Bridge, Had A Brilliant Career, Which Came To A
fitting end when he and the traitor Tostig and their great invasion were defeated. Captain Young follows the adventures of Harold— partly historical and partly imaginary—first......
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