Herbert Strang's Annual. (h. Frowde And Hodder And...
net.)-Mr. Herbert Strang is a notable provider of good reading for boys. He has got together here contributions from some worthy colleagues, the first among them being an......
Home Fun. By Cecil Henry Bullivant. (t. C. And E.
C. Jack. 6s. net.)-This is an amply illustrated book of instructions about theatricals, tableaux vivants, musical glasses, conjuring, ven- triloquism-every one is "a born......
The Elder And His Wife. By The Author Of "rob
Lindsay and his School." (T. N. Foulis. is. 6d. net.)-There is something of the gentle sadness of old age in these little sketches of the villagers of Maxiebrae seventy-five......
Haw Enrrion. - Santa's Claus's Partner. By Thomas Nelson...
Windus. 3s. 6d. net.)-This pleasant Christ- mas story of a financier and a little girl is well worth a new edition. The American atmosphere is crisp, like its own frost and......
The Psalms In The Jewish Church - The Psalms In
the Jewish Church. By W. E. Oesterley, D.D. (Rivingtons. 3s. 6d. net.)-The contents of Dr. Oesterley's volume are of varied interest. Chaps. 1-3 deal with the musical aspect of......
Current Literature.
TWO BOOKS ON PARISH LIFE. Studies in Arcady. By R. L. Gales. (Herbert and Daniel. 5s. net.)-In these "Essays from a Country Parsonage," republished for the most part from......
The Century Magazine. (macmillan And Co. 10s. 6d.)-this...
is as full as usual of good matter. We admire the plain speaking of the "Editorials," as in "Lawlessness the National Vice." This is the kind of thing which is better said by a......
The British Boys' Annual. (cassell And Co. 5s.)-the Chief...
in this volume is, as might be expected, fiction of the kind which boys like,-stories of battle and adventures by sea and land. There are other things also. Mr. Keble Chatterton......
Honour And Arias: Tales From Froissart, Edited By Mary...
and Tales from Old Ballads, by the same (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1s. &I. net each), are two attractive little volumes as to the work both of pen and of pencil. It is sufficient to......
More Dialogues, Duologues, And Monologues. By Mary H....
(Wells Gardner, Dorton, and Co. is. 6d.)-This little collection of plays will be useful to people who are looking for something to act. The characters are all women or girls,......
Sweep Of The Sword. By Alfred H. Miles. (stanley Paul
and Co. 6s.)-Mr. A. H. Miles is a great collector and arranger of good things,-who does not know his "Fifty-two" series ? Here he has put together the battles of some four......
The Sweet Story Of Old, By Hesba Stretton (r.t.s., 2s.
6d.), is a narrative condensed by a well-practised hand from that of the Gospels. Of the illustrations by Mr. Harold Copping we have already spoken.......
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