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There Is As Usual An Abundant Supply Of Picture-books, Grave

and gay, for the benefit of young children. Stories from the Bible, by Mrs. L. Haskell (Blackie and Son, 2s.), Scripture Stories (same publishers, 6d.), and The Star in the East......

Among The Miscellaneous Books For Children We Must...

particularly good Grant Richards' Children's Annual for 1905, edited by T. W. H. Crosland and W. Collinge (Grant Richards, 5s.) The editors have enlisted the services of some......

A Trusty Rebel. By Mrs. Henry Clarke. (t. Nelson And

Sons. 3s. 6d.)—Mrs. H. Clarke introduces us to that curious historical puzzle, the personality of Perkin Warbeck. There are still students of history who are inclined to believe......

Art-books.

Titian, By G. Gronau. (Duckworth and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is an English translation of the German original, which appeared four years ago. The author in his preface tells us......

Six Lectures On Painting. By G. Clausen, A.r.a. (elliot...

5s. net.)—It is long since anything so good as these lectures has appeared. Originally delivered at the Academy, they are now col- lected into a volume, in which form they......

The Sunchild. By R. C. Lehmann. (bradbury, Agnew, And Co.

6s.)—The " Sunchild" comes from a delightful world where none of the troubles and vexations and uglinesses of this world are to be seen. Ile visits the earth, not willingly, it......

The "'rad° And Its Masterpieces. By C. S. Ricketts. (a.

Con- stable and Co. .25 5s. net.)—This large and well-illustrated book is not one of those showy volumes which are so common, and of which the letterpress is the least important......