Tarbucket And Pipeclay. By Major J. Percy Groves....
Farran.)—Major Groves makes a lively and entertaining tale by interweaving the story of the private fortunes of Nicholas Brodribb with the narrative of various events which took......
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GIFT-BOOKS. Messrs. Marcus Ward and Co. send us their very pretty Pocket- Books, Diaries, Calendars, &c., which are models of neat workman- ship and convenient shape. The calf......
Perseverance Island, By Douglas Fro.= (blackie And Son),...
a "new and cheaper edition." This is also a "Crusoe" story, the hero being a young man who, thrown ashore on an island without any possessions or appliances, is able to furnish......
The Young Governess. By The Author Of " Gerty And
May." (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—There are not a few carelessnesses in this "tale for girls." The "young governess" turns out to have "thirty years' experience of life." Thirty......
The Children's Casket. Compiled By Annie M. Hone....
and Co.)—Miss A. M. Hone has collected into this volume some hundred and sixty "favourite poems for recitation." Some of these are familiar ; others are new. Indeed, the......
The Cloud Of Witnesses : A Daily Sequence Of Great
Thoughts from Many Minds, following the Christian Seasons. By the Hon. Mrs. Lyttelton Gell. (Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press.) —This is really what it professes to be, a......
Scotland From 1295 To 1689.* Tins Is One Of The
most delightful and instructive books relating to Scotland that have been published in recent years. Mr. Hume Brown, whose admirable work on George Buchanan recently established......
Won At Last. By Agnes Giberne. (j. F. Shaw And
Co.)—Maimie Browne, step-daughter of a certain ne'er-do-weel, Churton Hazel, is sent by her step-father to his brother, Robert Hazel, in England. Not very willingly received by......
Peery - Stories. By Charles M. Iliarson. (e. A. Petherick...
Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney.)—New Fairy - Tales for Children, Young and Old. Told by Aunt Emmy. Translated by Emy Gordon, by permission of the Author. With Aunt Emmy's......
Abby's Discoveries. By M. Bramston. (national...
a better book about the feelings and experiences of childhood than this, since we read the "My Childhood" of Madame Michelet. Abigail Hall tells what she and her younger brother......
Amateur Work, Illustrated. (ward, Lock, And Co.) —this Is...
third volume of the new series, and continues to maintain the same standard of varied usefulness. The supply of subjects seems inexhaustible. New discoveries in mechanism are......
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