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......
King Frost : The Wonders Of Snow And Ice. By
Mrs. Thorpe. (Isbister.)—Here we are brought back again to the region of reality. Mrs. Thorpe tells us a variety of facts about the phenomena of cold, about the natural history......
General Gordon's Last Journal. (ilegan Paul, Trench, And...
partisanship has mingled with the worship of the late General Gordon, that it is hardly possible not to be a little suspicions of the motives which led to the publication on the......
An Old Scots Brigade. By John Mackay. (blackwood.) —this Is
one of those happily now numerous little volumes which are of great service as throwing a side-light on history. It is an account of the military achievements of the regiment......
The New River, By Edward Fitzgibbon (ward And Downey),...
a special word of commendation, as being a very suc- cessful and yet quite unpretentious effort to reproduce London life in the beginning of the seventeenth century. It is a......
Dedham Park. By John Bradshaw. 3 . Vols. (s. Low And
Co.)— This is a well-written and enjoyable story, in spite of the proneness of the author to preach Conservatism of the fine old crusted sort. Given Sir George Braidwood, of......
The Poems Of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. (houghton And Co.,...
and New York.)—Mr Aldrich is a versatile writer, and many readers unfamiliar with his poetry may remember his stories. All he does is for the most part in a vein peculiar to......
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