The Bolted Door, And Other Stories. By Mrs. Molesworth. (w.
and B. Chambers. 3s. 6d.)—Here we have nine short stories. some with and some without a plot, as it may be put. On the whole, we prefer the latter. The charming little sketch,......
Wurld's Exploration Story. By Albert Lee. (andrew Melrose...
a work on a considerable scale, and is of a serious purpose. If we include it among the class of books now under review, it is because we think it likely to be of real use as......
A Captive Of The Corsairs, By John Finneraore (t. Nelson
and Sons, Os.), takes us back to the sixteenth century. The story begins with a spirited fight between the Half Moon' and some Barbary rovers. The slave market, the experiences......
Peg's Adventures In Paris. By May Baldwin. (w. And K.
Chambers. 5s.)—Miss Margaret Power, alias "Peg," is sent by her misguided parents to learn manners and deportment in a French school,—not a favourable specimen of its class, as......
Scotland's Story : A Child's History Of Scotland, By H.
.E. Marshall (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 7s. 6d. net), is a handsome-looking book, both without and within, and in every way, we should say, well adapted for its purpose. The......
The Bookman, It Seems, Offered Three Prizes Of £100 Each
for "best stories" for boys, girls, and children, and the three which were successful in the competition are published by Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton. The titles are For the......
In The Mist Of The Mountains. By Ethel Turner (mrs.
H. R. Curlewis). (Ward, Lock, and Co. 3s. 6d.)—" Ethel Turner" continues in this volume, and to very good purpose, her series of Australian stories. The humorous part of the......
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