In The Wrong Paradise. By Andrew Lang. (c. Kogan Paul
and Co.)—The title-story is the best in the book, suggested, the writer informs us, by D'Assier's "Sur I'llumanitd Pos- thume," and relates the experiences of a missionary who......
Our Little Ones. (nelson And Sons.)—this Collection Of "...
trated stories and poems for little people "—and an excellent collec- tion it is—comes, we may conjecture, from the other side of the Atlantic. The engravings have an American......
Strait Paths And The Three T's. By Harriet Carson. (nelson
and Sons.)—These are pleasant little tales, enforcing each an excellent moral of its own, each duty being made to find its sanction in the law of God.......
Gold Hanger Woods. By M. And C. Lee. (national Society.)—
This "child's romance" is ingeniously planned and well executed. Susan Arbuthnot and her brothers and sisters are sent into the country to undergo the experiment of inoculation,......
Prince Peerless : A Fairy-folk Story-book. By The Hon....
Collier (Madame Galletti de Cadilhac). (T. Fisher Unwin.)—There is something in these stories of the spirit which made Keats speak of "fairyland forlorn." The fairies do not......
The Queen Of The Family. By Mrs. Horrisbrook. (nisbet And
Co.) — Here is another of the religiously-minded love-stories which make one of the specialities of the season. One cannot help wondering for whom they are intended. Boys do not......
The Naval Annual, 1886. By Lord Brassey. (j. Griffin And
Co., Portsmouth.)—It is impossible for any person not technically acquainted with the subject to estimate the value of this book. It must be sufficient to state that its object,......
Virtue Its Own Reward. By J. Sale Lloyd. (w. H.
Allen and Co.) —Virtue has not itself only for a reward, but also, we gather from the story, the love of an eligible clergyman, the ideal of happiness according to some schemes......
The Primrose Lady's Letter And Reference Book. By Barbara...
(Mrs. Alexander). (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—There is nothing that we can see in this volume that makes it peculiarly suit- able to " Dames " of the Primrose League ; save only......
Romances Of Chivalry. By John Ashton. (t. Fisher Unwin.) —
For those who want, with a view to examinations in English literature, to know what a mediwval romance is like sufficiently to pass muster with the examiners, this book will be......
Tale Of A Sun_tiower. By Elsie Fullerton. (f. Curtis,...
very pretty tale very prettily illustrated. The author shows some humour and some poetical feeling, and she writes like an admirer of Hans Christian Andersen, with not a little......
We Have Received The Fourth Volume (june-november, 1886)...
Lore : a Magazine Devoted to Old-Time Literature (Elliot Stock), containing, as usual, plenty of curious information. The accounts of auctions are noticeable. At the salad the......
Nil Desperandum. By The Rev. F. Langbridge. (cassell And...
— " Gus," the young hero of Mr. Langbridge's tale, reminds us naturally of David Copperfield. But the cruel step-father goes beyond even Mr. Murdstone, for he turns Gus adrift......
In The Country, And Other Stories For Little People. (george
Rontledge.)—These half-dozen books for small children are simply perfect of their kind. They consist of little stories, printed in big, clear type, with admirably executed......
Not Thrown Away, But Given. By Mrs. G. S. Heaney.
(Nelson and Sons.) —We have seen better things than this from Mrs. Reaney:s pen. We may call it a love-story with a purpose, partly religious and more strongly teetotal. Marion......
Temple's Trial. (nelson And Sons.)—temple And His...
not unlike the Industrious and Idle Apprentices. In fact, the old story is told over again, with the proper changes for changed times. Temple shows himself faithful and brave in......
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