West African Stories. By Major A. B. Ellis. (chapman And
Hall.)—Some of these stories have an interest which belongs only to marvellous tales which are yet true. Echoes of the days of the Portuguese and the pirates, most of them- are,......
The World Of Adventure. (cassell And Co.)—in This...
which, by-the-way, is copiously and excellently illustrated, we find various acquaintances, more or less familiar, and some strangers, or what to us at least are strangers. One......
The Demoniac. By Walter Besant. (j. W. Arrowsmith,...
Mr. Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual for the current year; and a very pretty little Christmas gift it is ! We have no liking for the maudlin sentimentality of some stories which......
Small Boys In Big Boots : A Story For Children
of All Ages. By Archibald Clavering Gunter. (Routledge and Sons.)—This is a very clever book, worthy of the author of " Mr. Barnes of New York." But we demur to the description......
Dreams By French, Firesides. Stories By Richard Leander....
from the German by J. Raleigh. (A. and C. Black.)—A curious title this, and not, we think, a very happy one. Who would imagine that a " French Fireside " was the hearth of a......
Only A Fisher - Maiden. By A. Macknight. (digby And...
is one more attempt to tell the story of love, the love-story of a Lord and a fisher-maiden, and the impossibility of their mutual happiness. It is somewhat ideally treated, and......
History Of The British Church. By J. Romilly Allen, F.s.a.
(Scot.) (S.P.C.K.)—This Society is doing a really good work by issuing in so handy a form, information on such an interesting subject. Of course in so small a space it would be......
From Messrs. Wells Gardner, Darton, And Co., We Have...
three volumes of short tales, selected and edited by J. Erskine Clarke, M.A. These are : Abbot Cleve, and other Tales ; Gregory of the Foretop, and other Tales ; and Going for a......
Les Gourmandises De Charlotte. Par Jeanne Samary....
Job. (Librairie Hachette, Paris.)—Here is a volume which affords an admirable opportunity of cajoling young people into improving their French. Charlotte is a terrible example......
Hamilton Of King's. By Alice Price. (s. W. Partridge And
Co.) —Miss Price prudently devotes but one chapter to Cambridge life; but in this she makes a serious mistake. It is not true that " comparative desolation" reigns in Cambridge......
The White Kangaroo. By E. Davenport Cleland. (wells...
and Co.)—This "tale of Colonial life," "founded on fact," as the title-page tells us, is a very spirited story. Two boys go home to spend the Christmas—i.e., of course, the......
Young England's Nursery - Tales. (f. Warne And Co.) —...
the old favourites, " Cinderella," " Puss-in-Boots," " Jack and the Beanstalk," " Dick Whittington," " Tom Thumb," " Little Red Riding-Hood" (who, in obedience to modern humani-......
The Light Princess, And Other Fairy - Stories. By George...
(Blackie and Son.)—The three stories in this volume- The Light Princess, and other Fairy - Stories. By George Mac- Donald. (Blackie and Son.)—The three stories in this volume- "......
We Have Received A New Edition Of An Old Favourite,
The Illus- trated Book of Wonders, Events, and Discoveries, by John Timbs (Dean and Son). We might suggest that if any of the articles were to be revised, the process might have......
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