5 DECEMBER 1874, page 19

A Few Children's Books.

As is usual at this season, books for young people are making their appearance in great abundance, a very large proportion of the Christmas literature which pours from the press......

The Magazines.

Ix the Contemporary Review Mr. Julian Hawthorne continues his "Saxon Studies," sketches of life in Dresden, with even increasing spirit. He gives the rein to his quaint humour,......