The Doomed City. By The Rev. A. D. Crake. (a..
W. Mowbray.) —This story, which bears the second title of "The Last Days of Darocina," takes us b tck to the days when the Saxons were making their way as conquerors through......
Eric And Ethel, By Francis Francis (sampson Low And Co.),
deserves its title of an "Old-fashioned Fairy Tale." It is a story of imps, and trolls, and so forth, and carries the reader with it in a pleasant fashion, without in the least......
A Word Of Welcome Must Be Given To The Annual
volume of Little Folks (Cassell and Co.), an excellent magazine for children, which has already held its ground for some time, and promises to do so hereafter. The Editor, in......
Two Pleasing Little Illustrated Volumes Are Tvordsworth's...
and Lines on Tintern. Abbey and Milton's L'Allegro and It Penseroso, both published by Messrs. Cassell and Co. Each is copiously illustrated ; but we decidedly prefer the......
Lulu's Library. By Louisa M. Aloott. (sampson Low And Co.)
—Here are some twelve stories of various kinds, and each, after its kind, very charming, and, as the author knows so well how to do, gently suggesting its moral. Effie, tired of......
Winning The Victory. By Evelyn Everett-green. (nelson And...
Di Pennington's Reward" is the second title of this tale—is a girl who conquers certain faults in herself, sad in conquering them helve others to the same victory. "Little......
Queen By Right Divine. By Kathleen O'meara. (burns And...
—This volume contains three narratives. The first is the story of Jeanne Roan, afterwards known as Sceur Rosalie of the Sceurs Grises, of the Rue Francs Bourgeois, an admirable......
With Pack And Rifle In The Far South-west. By Achilles
Daunt. (Nelson and Sons.)—We must own ourselves at a loss to know whether this is a veritable record of adventure which the writer and the companions with whom he describes......
My Back-yard Zoo. By The Rev. J. G. Wood. (iabister.)—mr.
Wood's gift of writing pleasantly about "common objects" is well known ; he has given us a pleasant example of it here. This book consists of two parts, "My Back-yard Zoo" and......
It Is Needless To Say Much About The Vanity Fair
Album, Seven- teenth Series. (Vanity Fair Office.)—The artists whose names are familiar as contributors to these volumes still (matinee at work, and still exhibit their usual......
The Archipelago On Fire. By Jules Verne. (sampson Low And
Co.)—The good hero of this story is a Frenohman and phil.Hellene, Captain d'Albaret ; the villain, a certain Nicholas Starkos, a native of the Morea, who has busied himself with......
Lindenblumen, And Other Stories. By Rowland Grey. (kegan...
and Co.)—Here are five stories, the scenes of which are laid in foreign countries. The first is "Madame Rebelle," and is described as "an episode of the war of 1871." The......
That Child. By The Author Of "mademoiselle Mori." (hat-...
That child" is an orphan, found greatly injured in a railway accident, nursed back into health and soundness, and then adopted and brought up by a benevolent lady. The lady......
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