2 NOVEMBER 1895, page 10

Gift-books.

FANCY AND FACT.* THESE old stories, which have charmed a hundred generations or more, have to be retold for the new-comers. The old will still prefer the manner known to their......

Sea-fishing.*

THOUGH this volume hardly comes into the class which we commonly describe as " gift-books," it will serve admirably for a gift. The fact is that fresh-water fishing becomes......

Russell The Pastellist.*

JOHN RUSSELL was born at Guildford in 1745, just late enough, that is, for a capable youth launched upon por- trait-painting to float prosperously, and without original effort,......