There Is No Lack Of Variety In The Issue Of
the Universal Review for November 15th. Lucas Malet's " Wages of Sin " is con- tinued ; a characteristic " Reminiscence of De Quincey " is recorded by Mr. Rae-Brown ; Professor......
My Boynie. By E. E. Green. (sonnenschein.)—" Boynie" Is A
little cripple whose dull moments are brightened by the possession of a greenhouse and numerous flowers. The story relates the accident by which he was crippled, and the growth......
The Magazine Of Art. (cassell And Co.)—there Are Many Things
in the Magazine of Art which will excite , . popular interest, besides the fine illustrations which we have come to expect as a matter of course. Perhaps no articles will give......
Scout's Head; Or, St. Nectan's Bell. By Frederick...
and Co.)—Mr. Langbridge has written here a story that will excite, entertain, and, we should hope, instruct its young readers. It is good in itself, though a critical reader......
Sam Silvan's Sacrifice. By Jesse Colman. (mackie And...
" Story of Two Fatherless Boys " is very harrowing. There is a selfish brother and a good brother, and the good one is killed by a bull while he is helping his brother to get......
It Might Have Been. By Emily Sarah Holt. (john F.
Shaw and Co.)—This is a " Story of the Gunpowder Plot," and deals, therefore, with questions which are still burning, always a dis- advantage to a work of this kind. Miss Holt......
Sir Ludar : A Story Of The Days Of The
Great Queen Bess. By Talbot Baines Reed. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This most vigorously written tale will interest boys of all ages, beginning as it does with a fight between two......
The Young Castaways. By Lady Florence Dixie. (john F....
author tells us that the pampas of Patagonia—the second title of her story is " The Child-Hunters of Patagonia, "- and the life of its Indian tribes are well known to her. The......
Quite Unexpected, By Ismay Thorne (gardner, Darton, And...
a very pretty story of the sudden invasion of a peaceful old bachelor's house by a handful of young nephews and nieces, and the consequences of their "quite unexpected" arrival.......
Duty Wins. By Joseph Forster. (biggs And Debenham.)— This...
forcibly recalls the old familiar one of Joseph and his brethren ; and the meting out of wealth and earthly happiness to the good, and misery and poverty to the bad personages,......
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