Emmy Lou : Her Book And Heart. By George Madden
Martin. (Hodder and Stoughton. 55.)—This is a most amusing book; but is it, ought it to be, meant for children ? We are introduced to Emmy Lou—at full length, Emily Louise......
Lost Sir Brian. By Fred Whishaw. (wells Gardner, Dalton, And
Co. 3s. 6d.)—This is a very good story of its kind. Brian's father is killed by a Kaffir who runs "amok" after being cruelly beaten by a Boer farmer. The child grows up first in......
In The Grip Of The Mullah. By Captain F. S.
Brereton. (Mackie and Son. 5s.)—The hero of these Somaliland adventures is working for his commission at school when the news reaches him of his father having been wrecked off......
Foes Of The Red Cockade. By Captain F. S. Brereton.
(Blackie and Son. 6s.)—The young de Courcys, sons of a French father and an English mother, pay a visit to their grandfather's chateau in La Vendee in time to take part in the......
Antony Everton. By J. S. Fletcher. (w. And R. Chambers.
2s.)—This is a short, brisk story. Antony is sent by one villain who poses as an honezt lawyer to another who plays the part of a respectable mercer. The perils that he......
Walsh The Wonder Worker. By G. Manville Fenn. (w. And
R. Chambers. 5s.)—Mr. Manville Fenn knows boys and the way they talk to each other, and in this story revels in all the retorts and challenges and inconsistencies that a......
The Conscience Of Roger Trehern. By E. Everett-green....
6d.)—We may regard this as a gift-book for older children; boys and girls would scarcely be interested in the story of a man who, on the eve of ordination, has doubts on the......
Alison's Ordeal. By Adeline Sergeant. (j. Nisbet And (jo....
—Alison Byrne, a very bookish girl, with a certain contempt for dress and the convenances generally, goes to stay in her father's absence—he is sent to Korea on a scientific......
Poiniuk : A Prince Of Labrador. By William Forbush....
Brothers. 29. net.)—We have a very graphic picture of Esquimaux ways in Labrador, of the energetic efforts that have been made to help the people and to raise them a little in......
Chris Cunningham. By Gordon Stables, R.n. (j. F. Shaw And
Co. 6s.)—Chris Cunningham serves under Nelson, and for most boys that is a very good introduction. But Chris, who goes in through the hawse-hole, takes some part in stirring......
The Red Army Book. By J. H. Settle. (blackie And
Son. 6s.) —Mr. Settle does not pretend to tell the story of the British Army. That would be a very big task. But he has put together some very interesting chapters on the......
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