The Six Nightcaps.*
THERE is much in these little books to inspire us with a kindly feeling towards them and their writer. One thing at least is cer- tain, for we have tested it practically, that......
Very Seldom Immoral. He Has Omitted The Greater Part Of
the Dean's political writings, and, under the necessity of the case, may be thought right in doing so. His volume is as large and as closely printed as it could conveniently be,......
Deep Down : A Tale Of The Cornish Mines, By
R. M. Ballantyne (Nisbet), is an uncommonly good story, in which the local colouring of scenery and life is very well preserved by a writer who is evidently well acquainted with......
The Golden Gift : A Book For The Young (nimmo),
is a very well made selection of passages from English poets and prose writers, illustrated by some thirty engravings on wood, which both in design and execution are generally......
The Seven Churches Of Asia. By A. Svoboda. With An
Introduction by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This volume is illustrated by twenty photographs representing landscapes and architectural remains, and......
Current Literature.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Leavesfi - om the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands (Smith and Elder.) —The Queen's book appears in a very handsome quarto, copiously illustra- ted with......
The British Workman For The Year Appears With An...
terrific picture of a Red Indian. We have also to acknowledge The Friendly Visitor (1868) (Seeley) and Chatterbox (1868) (Macintosh), both agree- able items among the good......
Messrs. Routledge Publish, For The Benefit Of The Very...
ones, Baby's Birthday, Puss in Boots, an unusually spirited and humorous series of illustrations of an old friend ; and The Enraged Miller, which is new to us, and which strikes......
Tales For Boys And Girls Accumulate About This Time In
overwhelming numbers. Tho first place must be given to Stories of School Life, by Ascott R. Hope. (Nimmo.)—Mr. Hope is the author of two books, About Dominies and About Boys,......
The Poetical Works Of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited By Bolton...
Esq. (Longman.)—This volume does not bear any date. We presume that it appeared some time since, as the editor offers acknowledgments to at least one gentleman who is now dead......
The Poets Of The Nineteenth Century, Selected And Edited By
the Rev. Robert Aris Wilmott (Warne), appears in a new edition, with a par- ticularly tasteful binding. Such a selection must always be a matter in which opinion differs very......
Messrs. Routledge Reprint The Works Of Lawrence Sterne In An
octavo of between six and seven hundred pages. If purchasers are found for these volumes, and from the rapidity with which they appear it seems certain that they are found, the......
Saint George And The Dragon. Illustrated By John...
ballad as it appears in Bishop Percy's Reliques is illus- trated by designs which are sufficiently well drawn, but are hardly terrible enough. The page borders would have been......
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