Of Verses, Chiefly About Children And Flowers. Here Is An
example :— "And soon the long wistaria swings. The iris spreads its purple wings, Great paeonies then open wide To show their golden hearts inside." Though some of the......
Insect Life In Pond And Stream ; Butterflies And Moths
; Beetles and Flies ; Spiders and Scorpions; Some Curious Insects. By F. M. Duncan and L. T. Duncan. (Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. is. net each.)—Here are five small......
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FORTY YEARS IN THE OLD BAILEY. Forty Years in the Old Bailey. By Frederick Lamb. (Stevens and Sons. 10s.)—In this volume Mr. Lamb, who was for forty years an official shorthand......
Children's Annuals.—blackie's Annual (3s. 6d.) Opens Well...
story by Mrs. George Wemyss, and its other tales, verses, and pictures are as good as ever this year.— The Child's Companion (R.T.S., is. 6d.) contains a great deal of......
Fairy Tale Of The Present Day, In Which The Little
heroine pays visits to a number of woodland creatures, shares their confidences, and gives them such help as warning the lady- bird that her house is on fire, and teaching order......
New Editions For Children.—those Of Us Who Have Pleasant...
of bound volumes of Aunt Judy's Maga- zine will be delighted with a little book in "The Queen's Treasures" series (George Bell and Son, 2s. 6d. net) called Stories from Aunt......
Messrs. Cassell's Annuals.—messrs. Cassell Publish A....
which have become old friends in many families. They are upon much the same lines as those issued by the Religious Tract Society. It is perhaps a meticulous, even if not a......
Children In Verse. Collected And Edited By Thomas Burke....
and Co. 5s. net.)—This anthology will give pleasure to lovers of children. The fifty songs it contains are well chosen, and range from grave to gay, from William Blake to Owen......