Martin Luther. By E. Velvin. (s. S. It.) — This
is one of the "Splendid Lives Series." Of course it is difficult to give anything like a fair or adequate account of such a life as Luther's in so small a compass. The real......
Red Apple And Silver Bells. By Hamish Hendry. Illustrated By
Alice B. Woodward. (Blackie and Son.)—Mr. Hendry's "verses for children of all ages" are fairly good, but not quite up to the mark of the best article of the kind. The......
In Spite Of Fate. By Silas Hocking. (f. Warne And
Co.)— This is a good story of the romantic kind. A child is stolen by gipsies out of revenge, a revenge which is to be satisfied fully by a very elaborate plot. Then there is......
Half - Hours Of Early Naval Adventure. (j. Nisbet And...
would be interesting to know whence these " half-hours " are taken. Who is it that tells us, for instance, that "we see in the Phcenicians the phenomena of dominion without......
Ida From India. By Mrs. Herbert Martin. (griffith,...
and Co.)—The spoilt child from India who brings dis- comfort into a peaceable English home is a common experience in fiction, where the disagreeables of the situation are......
Meg Langhohne. By Mrs. Molesworth. (w. And R. Chambers.)...
is a pretty story of a love that ends in happy marriage, told, and that very simply and unaffectedly, by the bride that was to be. Mrs. Molesworth has developed of late years a......
Some Flowers From Mr. E. L. Stevenson's "a Child's Garden
of Verses." Set to Music by Katharine M. Ramsay. (Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—Mr. S. R. Crockett writes a pleasant little in- troduction to the sixteen songs from Mr. Stevenson's......
Miss Merivale's Mistake. By Mrs. Henry Clarke. (s.s.u.)—...
takes Miss A for Miss B, whereas Miss B, whose existence would have disturbed some family arrangements of property, has died long before. Of course the high-toned lover of......
In The Swing Of The Sea. By J. Macdonald Oxley.
(J. Nisbet and Co.)—Ralph Newton having taken to the sea when his mother's death had removed the obstacle of her resistance, takes service in a South-Sea whaling ship. His......
Phil May's Fifty - Two Original Designs, Forming Two...
Press.)—Each page contains two subjects or groups. First we have them without the alphabet letters, and then they are repeated with them. This is a happy thought. The drawings......
Princess Sarah, And Ether Stories. By John Strange...
Lock, and Co.)—" Princess Sarah" is a story of the Cinderella kind. Sarah is an orphan whom some well-to-do relatives befriend in a patronising kind of way. In the end the......
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