Women's Enterprise And Genius. By Annie M. Hone....
and Co.)—Miss Hone tells us a number of stories, more or less familiar, about the way in which women have made them- selves useful or famous, and sometimes both, in literature,......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. The Orchid-Seekers in Borneo. By Ashmore Russan and Frederic Boyle. (Chapman and Hall.)—It is rarely we find botany and adventure combined in so interesting a manner......
The Cruise Of The Cormorant.' By A. Lee Knight. (ward
and Downey.)—This tale of adventure continues the story of some characters who have appeared in " The Rajah of Monkey Island." This fact the author takes care to remind us of on......
The Little Mermaid, And Other Tales. By Hans Christian...
Translated by B. Nisbet Bain, Illustrated by R. Weguelin. (Lawrence and Sullen.) — Mr. Bain gives a short biography of Andersen, quite free, it must be allowed, from any......
Nicola; Or, A Girl Musician. By M. Corbet-seymour....
Son.)—This a pretty story of a musical foundling who becomes one of the family who adopt her, and tries to forget her birth and ignore the presence of a devoted half-brother.......
Chalmers.* Thomas Chalmers Had A Stormy Youth, Not In The
ordinary sense of the word, for he was among the most blameless of men, but from what Mrs. Oliphant calls the " whirlwinds and tempest of thought" which swept over his soul.......
For The Sake Of The Siller, By Maggie Swan. (oliphant,
Anderson, and Ferrier.)—If this is a beginning—and we do not remember to have seen the name of " Maggie Swan " before—it is distinctly a promising one. The heroine, Effie, is......
Thirteen Black Pigs, And Other Stories. By Mrs....
K.)—Mrs. Molesworth is writing bore for very young readers, and is at her best. The eight stories are as good of their kind as they well can be. What are we to say of the young......
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