20 DECEMBER 1890, page 23

Current Literature.

GIFT-BOOKS. The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. (Macmillan and Co.)—This is quite an exquisite specimen of typography and work- manship. Though the print is necessarily......

The Congo Cannibals.*

MR. HERBERT WARD was, fortunately for himself, absent from Yambuya when the lamentable occurrences took place which have cast a dark shadow upon the history of the Emin Relief......

Lloyd's Sketches Of Indian Life. (chapman And Hall.) —...

some scores of coloured pictures of life, English and native, in India. Soldiers in uniform, the incidents of travel, English amusements, bits of scenery, and other matters that......

Mr. Ruskin's Work.*

WE need not hesitate to accept this volume as a text-book of Ruskin's principles and practice, not authorised, indeed, but authoritative, so far as a discipleship at once......

Two Little Boys. By Louise Marston. (sohn F. Shaw.)—this Is

a touching little story from the " annals of the poor." It is more common, we should imagine, to find children abandoned than to hear of their being kidnapped. However, the......

Every - Day Miracles. By Bedford Pollard. (t. Fisher...

series of chapters on natural history, the writer seeks to interest young people in the wonders of every-day life, the stars, animals, plants, and kindred subjects. It is easy......