Pictures Illustrative Of The Lord's Prayer. By Emma...
pictures in this book, which are large but not specially graceful, are meant to illustrate not so much the Lord's Prayer generally, as certain events in the history of two......
A Man's Mistake. By Minnie Worboise. (james Clarke And...
is a very good story, with a rather conventional plot. A bright, high-spirited girl, Hyacinth Dell, is hampered with a bad father, and in consequence of her connection with him,......
Least Said, Soonest Mended. By Agnes Gibeine. (nisbet And...
—Kitty Phrynne is the daughter of a station-master who dis- misses an honest fellow, ticket-collector at the station, who loves her, and cherishes a foolish attachment to an......
When We Were Children. By E. M. Green. (griffith, Farran,
and Co.)—This has all the look of a true story, though, indeed, it scarcely pretends to be a story. It is a chronicle of childhood, and full of little touches—the Bishop, for......
The Little Princess Angel. By Stella Austin. (walter...
Innes.)—This is a very pretty story, and we are not inclined to insist upon the observance of the probabilities. If Miss Austin chooses to make her heroine a Princess in her own......
A Ward Of The Golden Gate. By Bret Harte. (chatto
and Windus.)—Mr. Bret Harte's humour is of the indescribable kind ; the only thing definable about it is its irresistible quality. One feels it, as Mr. Morfin's hearers felt his......
The Queen Of The Ranche. By Emma E. And J.
L. Hornibrook. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)-'--Colonel Neville's nephew and heir takes the liberty of killing one of his uncle's stags,—apparently for no better reason than that......
Just A Love-story. By L. T. Meade. (spencer Blackett.)—in...
of the title of this book, which suggests that it is intended for grown-up people, will make a very good gift-book for a girl. For although it details a love-affair of a kind,......
The Curse Of Carne's Hold. By G. A. Lienty. (spencer
Blackett.) —Mr. Hearty has given us in this volume a variation from his usual entertainment. The historical element exists, but it exists in an episode. A certain Ronald Mervyn......
Merchant And Mountebank. By " Brenda." (j. F. Shaw And Co.)
—Any story in which a man of the Scrooge type is converted to better ways of thinking, is pretty sure to be welcome. This is the main incident of Merchant and Mountebank. Mr.......
The Log Of The Bombastes.' By Henry Frith. (griffith,...
and Co.)—We have here a sea-story of a familiar kind. Familiar as it is, however, readers do not get weary of it. Even we, whose appetite for this kind of literature is not very......
There Is A Great Variety Of Simple But Excellent Reading
in the annual volume of the Cottager and Artisan (Religious Tract Society), and almost an embarrassment of riches in the shape of illustrations. Religious instruction,......
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