Goops And How To Be Them. By Gelett Burgess. (methuen
and Co. 6s.)—A " goop," it seems, is an embodiment of all that a child should not be. The pen and pencil of the author of this volume are therefore employed to teach politeness......
The Children's Sing. By Annie R. Butler. (r.t.s. 2s. 6d.)—
This book, to describe it briefly, is a child's Life of Christ. Few tasks are more difficult than to tell the story with anything like completeness, or to express the deeper......
Young England. (57-59 Ludgate Hill. 5s.)—this...
" is a very good periodical of its kind. The variety of its contents and the skill and good taste with which they are chosen are worthy of much praise. Of course South Africa......
With Buller In Natal. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And
Son. 6s.)—The war in South Africa has certainly done a good turn to the writers of gift-book stories. We have had a long and pleasant acquaintance with Mr. Henty in this......
The Schoolmistress Of Haven's End. By Ella Edersheim...
(R.T.S. 2s.)—Joan Harding, a lady by birth, makes up her mind to take charge of a village school. This is a thing often talked about, and sometimes done. What it really means......
An Ocean Adventurer. By Walter P. Wright. (blackie And Son.
2s. 6d.)—An " adventurer" indeed ! Incidents of the most startling kind follow, one after another, with a rapidity that takes away our breath. The old times and the new are......
One Of Buller's Horse. By William Johnston. (nelson And...
3s. 6d.)—There are three hundred and fifty-nine pages in this book. At p. 181 we get to Malta ; and when we have got as far as p. 195 we reach the " brave foe," but our hero......
Adventures In The South Pacific. By " One Who Was
Born There." (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—This is not a book of the usual pattern. We are familiar with stories of life in the Pacific islands from the point of view of the adventurer, and......
The Scarlet Judges. By Eliza F. Pollard. (s. W. Partridge
and Co. 6s.)—This is "A Tale of the Inquisition in the Nether- lands." We have more than once expressed a doubt whether such subjects are well suited to books of this kind. We......
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