Young England. (s.s.tj.)—this "illustrated Meg Tzine For...
the World" appears in its seventeenth annual volume. Mr. Henty furnishes a story, "A Tale of the Buccaneers," and that is enough to recommend the volume; another story, "Hunted......
The Romance Qf The Sea. By Fred Whymper. (s.p.c.k.)—mr....
discusses in several chapters some of the legends of the sea which these days of steamships have relegated to the limbo of vanities. The Kraken, witches, the Flying Dutchman,......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. /tie at Sea. By G. Manville Fenn. (S.P.C.K.)—The process of writing down to a certain level of boyish intelligence is a little too obvious in this last story of Mr.......
Namesakes. By Margaret Haycraft. (j. Hogg.)—there Is...
venture to think even children will think absurd in the plot of this story,—viz., the grave offence which a lad takes when he finds that an old blind man's dog is called by his......
At Agincourt. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And Son.)—mr. Henty,
who will soon be looking out for other worlds to write about, has taken this time for his subject the war between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy. "A Tale of the White Hoods......
Minstrel Dick. By Christabel R. Coleridge. (gardner,...
Coleridge has, with a wise moderation, limited the range of her subject. Her story belongs to the dark days when the glories of Edward M.'s reign were passing into gloom. The......
Recent Novels.* Sentimental Tommy Is Not A Promising...
it turns out it is a perfectly accurate description of the hero of a curiously fascinating and often beautiful book. One cannot call it a novel, for the principal characters are......
To The Death. By R. D. Chetwode. (cassell And Co.)—this
is a stirring little tale of the year 1650, in which we are introduced to all sorts of characters, good, bad, and indifferent from a moral point of view, but all interesting......
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