The Probationer. By A. M. Irvine. (s. W. Partridge And
Co. 2s. 6d.)—A young woman, who has been somewhat spoilt at home, makes up her mind to be useless no longer, and enters herself as a probationer nurse at a hospital. Here we......
An Everyday Romance. By Raymond Sacbern.s. (wells...
Co. 5s.)—The theme of this story is familiar. Valerie Campbell finds home somewhat dull, and, having a certain artistic ability, thinks that she will be happier in London. How......
Our Swot Society. By W. Dingwall Fordyce. (t. Nelson And
Sons. Is. 6d.)—This is a breathless story of adventure in which some plucky children play a principal part, and an English criminal, who disguises himself cleverly as a......
The Girls Next Door. By Christina Gowaus Whyte. (s. W.
Partridge and Co. 3s. 6d.)—There is no particular story here ; but the characters in the tale, such as it is, never cease to talk in an interesting way. They do so in England;......
The Adventures Of Phyllis. By Bessie Merchant. (cassell...
53.) — These are "adventures" indeed. Phyllis is the daughter of an English merchant in the Argentine who loses his money in speculation. She determines to earn her own living,......
The O'shaughnessy Girls. By Rosa Mulliolland. (blackie...
are two pairs of " O'Shaughnessy Girls." Two fashionable matrons in London are one pair; it is with the love affairs and general life-story of the other pair, Bell and Lavender,......
The Mean - Wells. By Mabel Quiller-couch. (wells Gardner,...
3s. 6d.)—The three children, Priscilla, Geoffrey, and Loveday, are all that could be wished, whether they have to be good or to be naughty. They talk as children talk, or,......
The Bird Folk At Home, By May Byron (cassell And
Co., Is.), describes, with the help of some pleasing pictures, the appearance and the habits of various birds.—A Little Journey to Switzer- land (same publishers, is.) is......
The Amateur Scouts. By Raymond Sachems. (w. And R. Chambers.
3s. 6d.)—Tabitha Smallways, who is something of a pickle, makes friends with two young neighbours, and has a mind to be a scout herself, and to give them a liking for the same......
The Lower Fourth. By Brenda Girvan. (t. Nelson And Sons.
2s.)—This is a series of school tales,—girls'-school tales, that is. Cricket is one of the themes. There may be two opinions about cricket for girls, but are we to believe that......
Sea Yarns. By John Arthur Barry. (w. And R Chambers.
8s. 6d.)—These "yarns" take us, and with very good result in the way of entertainment, to various pima' in the East and West. The first, "The Last Voyage of Martin Valiance," is......
Coo - Eel By Robert Leighton. (c. Arthur Pearson. 2s....
Midshipman Kettle, of H.M.S. 'Penguin,' fends a man on a certain island. He calla himself Jacob Lavington, and says that he comes from San Francisco. From the first he is more......
Fifty - Two Stories Of The Sea. Edited And Compiled By...
E. P. Statham, R.N. (Hutchinson and Co. 5s.)—We see well- known naines among the contributors to this collection of stories, Mr. F. T. Bullen, for instance, and Mr. Harold......
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