A Garner Of Gleanings. By The Lady Knightley Of Fawsley.
(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This is a volume of wise sayings, happy phrases, lofty thoughts, gathered from a wide circle of authors both new and old, expressed both in......
Papers And Addresses By Lord Brassey. (longmans.) — The...
this volume are described by the words, "Work and Wages." It appears under the editorial care of Mr. J. Potter, and an introduction has been furnished by Mr. George Howell, who......
The Vanished Star. By C. E. Craddock. (chatto And Windus.)
—In spite of the delicate drawing of the figures, the innumerable and exquisite touches of character, and the wonderfully vivid and impressive descriptions of natural scenery,......
The Old House By The Water. By Bessie Marchant. (religious
Tract Society.)—The heroine, Pansy, the daughter of a younger son, whose marriage has separated him from his father, is sent home from India to live with her maternal......
The Captain's Youngest ; And Other Child - Stories. By...
Burnett. (Warne and Co.)—Every one knows how admirably Mrs. Burnett can write about children and for children. Praise, therefore, is needless, other than saying that she is, on......
Under The War Clouds. By E. F. Pollard. (sunday School
Union.)—We have not had many tales of the Franco-Prussian War, perhaps because, with the exception of the Siege of Paris, events moved too rapidly, and the fortune of war was......
The Man From Oshkosh. By John Hicks, Ll.d. (sampson Low,
Marston, and Co.)—Dr. Hicks has been Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to Peru, and it is in the pictures that he gives of South American life that there lies......
To Punish The Czar. By Horace Hutchinson. (cassell And Co.)
—There is hardly the true adventurous ring about this tale of the Crimea, though it gives an interesting account of the Crimean operations and presents a true picture of......
Five Stars In A Little Pool. By Edith Carrington. (cassell
and Co.)—This writer uses her knowledge of children to inculcate some stern morals for children in such stories as "The Little Gardeners "—a paraphrase of the Parable of the......
Zig - Zags At The Zoo. By Arthur Morrison And J. A.
Shepherd. (George Newnes.)—It would be difficult to decide which is the more essential part of Zig Zags at the Zoo, — the pen or the pencil. They are complementary to each......
Australia Revenged. By " Boomerang." (remington And Co.)...
this somewhat extravagant story is the pursuit of a wealthy Englishman who has boasted of his skill in breaking female hearts. He separates two young Australian lovers, breaks......
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