Messrs. Nelson Send Us Some Pretty Picture-books, With...
for the young, Sunny Hours, Pet's Playtime, and Sunday Afternoon, in which some Bible stories are told and pictured.—We have also received the yearly volume of an old favourite......
Girls Of The Forest. By L. T. Meade. (w. And
R. Chambers. 6s.)—Mrs. Meade takes a large family of girls who have been allowed to run riot, and introduces into the dilapidated, poverty- stricken household a . conscientious......
The Girls' Empire. (a. Melrose And Co. Bs. 6d.)—"the Girls'
Empire" is not an analogous expression to "The Woman's King- dom." It means, as the sub-title puts it, that this periodical is meant for "English-Speaking Girls All Over the......
Some Boys' Doings. By John Habberton. (j. Nisbet And Co.
2s. 6d.)—The "boys" are American boys, who have the advantage of living in a country where there is plenty of space and generally more opportunities of meeting with adventures......
Against The Drain. By Catherine E. Mallandaine. (s.p.c.k....
Mallandaine has chosen as her theme the experiences of a girl, brought up away from home, who returns to find that socially and financially things are very different from What......
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PRIESTS AND PEOPLE IN IRELAND. Priests and People in Ireland. By Michael J. F. McCarthy, B.A., T.C.D. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 7s. 6d.)—The author of thi.; extraordinary......
A Houseful Of Girls. By Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey.
(R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—We seem to have already seen the six young ladies with whom Mrs. Vaizey fills Thurston House. There is, as usual, the beauty of the family, and the untidy one,......
Fallen Fortunes. By E. Everett-green. (t. Nelson And...
WO—Miss Everett-Green has laid the scene of this story in the reign of Queen Anne; but though it opens on the field of Ramillies, the hero does not choose the profession of arms......
Sale's Sharpshooters. By Harold Avery. (t. Nelson And...
6d.)—This book for children makes very pleasant reading. It chronicles the formation and doings of a Volunteer corps of small boys; and as they are instrumental in the unmasking......
An Antarctic Queen. By Captain Charles Clarke. (f. Warne And
Co. 6s.)—The hero of this sea-story, Percy Percival, is the customary young Englishman who is a credit to his race and his profession, and the villain is an Irish mate who......
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