A Difficult Daughter. By Evelyn Everett Green. (sunday...
Vivian Dynecourt is the "difficult daughter" whom her parents, Lord and Lady Lyon, entrusted, during a forced sojourn abroad, to the care of Dr. and Mrs. Temple, Mrs. Temple......
Madeline; Or, The Tale Of A Haunted House. By Jennie
Chappell. (S. W. Partridge and Co.)—The "haunting " of the house, we may say at once to relieve the fears of anxious parents, is a fraud. A certain house gets an evil......
When London Burned. By G. A. Henty. (blaokie And Sons.)—
London, in Mr. Henty's story, does not begin to burn till we reach p. 361, out of a total of 388. As the last chapter is devoted to a satisfactory winding up of the hero's......
Hope's Legacy. By Mrs. Henry Clarke. (sunday School...
Ecroyd is a girl of the new type,—that is, she is pos. sessed with the wholesome conviction that there is no disgrace in a woman's earning her own living. She pays a visit to......
The Face And The Mask. By Robert Barr. (hutchinson And
Co.)—These four-and-twenty stories, though not by any means of equal merit, reach, on the whole, a good level of excellence. "The Chemistry of Anarchy" is in particular a......
Stanhope Of Chester : A Mystery. By Percy Andreae. (smith,
Elder, and Co.)—A certain Wetherington is perhaps the real hero of this mystery, and it is the relation in the first person of the fate that overtakes him, through the agency of......
The Yellow God. By Reginald Horsley. (w. And R. Chambers.)
—The chief subject of this tale, which is told with considerable force, and certainly justifies its title of "A Tale of Some Strange Adventures," is life at the goldfields of......
Sou'-wester And Sword. By Hugh St. Leger. (blackie And Son
) —A story that would attract any boy, Sou'-Wester and Sword will fascinate those boys who have a passion for salt water, for not only is it full of stirring incident, but the......
Life In Algoma. By "h. N. B." (s.p.c.s.)—algoma Is A
region of Canada, and this story of a clergyman's work in it is well worth reading. That there are difficulties in it need not be said ; the writer does not try to shirk them ;......
From Snowdon To The Sea. By Marie Trevelyan. (john Hogg.)
—We have here some twenty stories of North and South Wales, attributed to the various counties, seven in number, to which they are supposed to belong. They are of various......
History Of Early Ohristian Art. By The Rev. E. L.
Cutts. (S.P.C.K.)—This is a thoughtful and thorough study of early Christian emblems and ornaments, and helps us to realise much that seems anomalous and semi-pagan about......
Current Literature.
P. Cornelii Taciti Dialogue de Oratoribus. Edited by Alfre I Gudeman. (Ginn and Co., Boston, U.S.A.)—This is as elaborate an edition of a Latin classic as we have ever seen. The......
Through Love To Repentance. By Maggie Swan. (oliphant,...
Ferrier.)—This is a melancholy story, written with an excellent purpose, but not very pleasant to read. It may be all for the best that the good people meet with a sad end, and......
Toby. By Ascott R. Hope. (a. D. Innes.)—in This "dainty
Book," ' Toby' delivers himself of his " experiences and opinions," and he does it very well, as might be expected when he has so skilful an interpreter as Mr. Asoott Hope. '......
The Great Closed Land. By Annie W. Marston. (s. W
Partridge.)—Mr. La Trobe, of the Moravian Missionary Society, writes a preface to Miss Annie Marston's book, commending it to all who are interested in the works of missions.......
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