The Book Of Clever Beasts. By Myrtle Reed. (g. P.
Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—We admire the work of Messrs. John Burroughs, William J. Long, and Charles G. D. Roberts too much to like this attempt to turn it into ridicule. Quite......
A School Champion. By Raymond Jacberns. (w. And R. Chambers.
3s. 6d.)—Tekla Marsden and her sister and shadow Freda go to school, and find their romantic ideas of being and doing good failing under the practical tests of obedience and......
True Grit. By Harold Bindloss. (s. W. Partridge And Co.
2s. 6d.)—The story opens with a pathetic scene, described with uncommon force, on the northern frontier of India. It is the death of "Sahib Benson," father of the lad whose......
With The Dyaks Of Borneo. By Captain F. S. Brereton.
(Blackie and Son. 62.)—Captain Brereton tells his story, which is full of incident and excitement, with much spirit, but his personages seem to speak a little formally. Heroes......
The Boyhood Of Great Inventors. By A. Fraser Robertson. (j.
F. Shaw and Co. ls.)—We do not think that we can serve the interests of this little book better than by giving the names of the " inventors " about whom it tells us. There are......
Waily Wanderoon And His Story - Telling Machine. By Joel...
(Grant Richards. 6s.)—Mr. Harris's readers will doubtless remember "Sweetest Susan" and "Billy Buster," grandchildren of Mr. Abercrombie, ex-planter somewhere in the Southern......
But Mr. Marriott Watson's Manner Is Excellent. One Great...
of the story is its absolute clearness. We realise without difficulty the action from beginning to end. And then there is the vivid personality of the actors. Holgate is a quite......
Old Hendrik's Tales. By Captain A. 0. Vaughan. (longmans And
Co. 6s.)—If the reader can imagine " Brer Rabbit" and " Brer Fox" transported from the North American Continent to South Africa, he will have a good idea of this book. "Old......
Prom School To Castle. By Charlotte Murray. (s. W. Partridge
and Co. 2s. 6d.)—The strongest appetite for surprises and changes of fortune should be satisfied with the adventures which lead 1delvil from the " school " to the "castle." The......
His Little Daughter. By Amy Le Feuvre. (r.t.s. 18. 6d.)—
This is a well-told little tale, of the kind which we are accus- tomed to associate with the author's name, of a change of character wrought in a turbulent child, combined with......
The Biography Of A Prairie Girl. By Eleanor Gates. (g.
P. Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—No little entertainment will be found in this volume, though here and there the story seems a little drawn out, as, for instance, in the second chapter,......
Tales Of The Canterbury Pilgrims. Retold From Chaucer And...
by E. J. Harvey Darton. With Introduction by F. J. Furnivall. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co. 68.)—Dr. Furnivall's introduction is all that could be desired. He wields his......
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