Seeing The World. By Ascott R. Hope. (wells Gardner, Darton,
and Co. 5s.)—The young mountaineer whose adventures are told in this story is a Tyrolese. First we see him as a farm boy in his native place, and accompany him on an exciting......
Palm Tree Island. By Herbert Strang. (h. Frowde And Hodder
and Stoughton. 6s.)—Mr. Strang takes up the old Crusoe theme, and makes a capital story out of it. There is nothing specially new about it. The mutiny, the landing of the hero......
Afloat On The Dogger Bank. By H. C. Moore. (wells
Gardner, Darton, and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Charlie Page's father is about to buy some trawlers, and the boy conceives the brilliant idea of going aboard one and finding out at first hand......
The Red Caps Of Lyons. By Herbert Hayens. (w. And
R. Chambers. Ss. 6d.)—This " Story of the French Revolution" is a well-executed piece of work. Nowhere, not even in Paris itself, did the great movement assume a more varied......
Kit Carson In The Rockies. By Everett Mcneil. (w. And
R. Chambers. 5s.)—The "Rookies," it must be understood, are not the Canadian range which we commonly understand by the name. The story opens with the arrival of a caravan in......
By Creek And Jungle. By J. K. Leys. (s. W.
Partridge and Co. 2s.)—Some mysterious Chinamen suddenly appear in a Scottish home and spread consternation in the family by informing them that the head is being held to ransom......
Nathalie's Sister. By Anna Chapin Ray. (h. Frowde And Hodder
and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—Nathalie, whom some of our readers will probably remember, is the wife of Dr. McAlister Holden. Harry Arterburn, her brother, who misses her com-......
The Luck Of Ledge Point. By Dorothea Moore. (blackie And
Son. 2s. 6d.)—This story takes us back something more than a century to days when England was looking out for French invaders. The heroes are a pair of twins, a certain Sir......
Through Surging Waters. By Harry Davies. (s. W. Partridge...
Co. 3s. 6d.)—This might be called a story of the educational ladder, only that we do not get into contact with educational interests. Where the ladder comes in is that it brings......
The Little Tin Soldier. By Graham Mar. (w. And B.
Chambers 2s. 6d.)—We need not criticise the romance of this story. The heirs to peerages are not often kidnapped, but they may be,— there is, or used to be, a business of this......
First At The Pole. By Captain Frank H. Shaw. (cassell
and Co. 5s.)—Two rival explorers, English and American, shaking friendly hands at the Pole, which they have both contrived to reach, is a very pretty idea. Just now the words do......
The Master Of The Rebel First. By J. Howard Brown.
(S. W. Partridge and Co. 2s. 6d.)—The organised mischief which can dwell in a class of boys devoid of all discipline is described with undeniable accuracy and considerable......
The Lost Empire. By Captain Charles Gilson. (h. Frowde And
Hodder and Stoughton. 63.)—The "Empire" is the dominion which Napoleon sought to establish in the East, where his dreams took in India as well as Egypt. Tom Nunn is a young......
The Princess Of The Revels. - By L. T. Meade. (w.
and R. Chambers. 3s. 6d.)—Faith King, daughter of a clergyman, loses her =ether, and having no one to look after her is sent away by her father to be educated with her cousins,......
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