Lady Rosalind. By Emma Marshall. (james Nisbet And Co.) —we
have here one of those stories which Mrs. Marshall delights- to tell, of a proud young Englishwoman, whose nature is - disciplined by misfortune—for which, however, she is not......
A Polar Eden. By Charles R. Kenyon. (s. W. Partridge
and Co )—Erik Stephenson and Dick Grahame, with the assistance of an old savant, Mr. Sylvester, fit up a ship which is to reach the North Pole. Everything that can possibly be......
In Lincoln Green. By The Rev. E. Gilliat. (seeley And
Co.)— This story, with its quarter-staff fights, its Robin Hood, and its Cceur-de-Lion, inevitably recalls "Ivanhoe." But Mr. Gilliat is no imitator of Scott. His conception of......
Ninety-eight. Edited By Patrick C. Faly. (downey And Co.)...
such Irishmen as contemplate the celebration of the cen- tenary of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 this story ought to be welcome. It purports to be "the recollections of Cormac......
The Carrier's Cart. By Catherine E. Mallendaine....
story this of patience and faithfulness rewarded. George Jolliffe makes room in the "carrier's cart" for a young woman and her five-year-old girl. Out of this grows the tale......
Seaton Court. By Maude Carew. (s.p.c.k.)—the Overworked...
clergyman with a very numerous family is a property that should belong to Miss Yonge. Miss Carew, how- ever, makes good use of it, proprie communia dicit. Little "Grizzly"......
Skeleton Reef. By Hugh St. Leger. (s. W. Partridge And
Co.) —The brave boy who fights the bully of the school on behalf of a victim, thrashes him, and is unjustly punished for his chivalry has hard lines ; but when, having gone to......
The Rover's Quest. By Hugh St. Leger. (w. And R.
Chambers.). —This is a pleasant story of salt-water adventures, treasure- finding, and, as a consequence, happy marriages ; nor is it any the less pleasant that it runs on......
Sixty Years A Queen: The Story Of Victoria's Reign. Told
by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P. (Harmsworth Brothers.)—Sir Herbert Maxwell has done his work very well. It was a thing easy to do in a way, so abundant is the material and......
Gerald And Dolly. By D'esterre. (nisbet And Co.)—these...
people" are sufficiently amusing on paper. In real life they must have been distracting. The humours of children make excellent fun when they are used as interludes, as Henry......
Afloat With Nelson. By Charles Ii. Eden. (john...
learn from the preface to this volume that it is the first of a series in which it is proposed to commemorate the patriotic services of the great British Admirals. The idea is......
Mona St. Claire. By Annie E. Armstrong. (frederick Warne And
Co.)—This is a bustling and readable story, first of the troubles—chiefly about dresses and small expenses—and then of the social triumphs, of a family of girls whose father,......
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