Beautifully Printed And Illustrated And Handsomely Bound,...
of Atalanta, from October, 1895, to September, 1896, makes an admirable presentation volume. It is, further, a mis- cellany of "promiscuous" articles and fiction, all of which......
The Boy's Own Annual. (boy's Own Paper Office.) — This...
usual, a volume of abundant and excellent reading. There are serial tales, as "The Finding of the White Elephant," by Mr. David Ker ; Dr. Gordon Stables's, "Cruise of the Good......
The Girl's Own Annual. (56 Paternoster Row.)—it Is...
say much about the annual volume of the well-known Girl's Own Paper. There is the usual imposing list of writers and artists, and the usual variety of reading suited to......
William Tyndale. By G. Barnett Smith. (partridge And Co.)...
is a story that may be told again and again and never fail to gain readers. William Tyndale was a singularly blameless character. Apart from his great work as a translator,......
His First Year At School. By Alfred West. (fisher Unwin.)—
This is a very cleverly written and even realistic story of school- life, which, as the author indeed expressly says, is intended quite as much for parents as for boys. The......
Travel - Pictures From Palestine. By James Wells, D.d....
"pictures" are very cleverly drawn as regards the work both of pen and pencil. The pen, perhaps, is the more realistic, the pencil the more attractive, of the two elements which......
The Temptation Of Ernest Ellerby. By F. Lethbridge...
Ellerby is overpowered by grave doubts as to the truth of the theology which he is studying. The temptation is whether, in view of the great advantages which are within his......
The Republication Of Mrs. Juliana Horatio, Ewing's...
a volume of Miscellanea (S.P.C.K.) "The fact," writes the editor, "that she did not republish the papers during her life shows that she did not estimate them very highly......
Shakespeare's Town And Times. By H. Snowden Ward And...
Weed Ward. (Dawbarn and Ward.)—Without depreciating the letterpress of this volume we may say that its characteristic merit is to be found in the admirable photo- graphs. All......
Australian Legendary Tales. Collected By Mrs. K. Langloh...
Introduction by Andrew Lang. (D. Nutt.)— These legends, which Mrs. Langloh has here collected, belong to one tribe, the Noongahburrahs, which, as we gather from the date of the......
A Girl In Ten Thousand. By L. T. Meade. (oliphant,
Ander- son, and Ferrier.)—Effie Staunton wishes to go out as a nurse, though she has plenty to do at home, where she is the stay of a somewhat feeble mother. We cannot quite......
Captain Flinders ; Or, How We Have Australia. By Robert
Thynne. (J. Hogg.)—Mr. Thynne has followed with praiseworthy care the story of Captain Flinders's "Explorations and Adven- tures." But he has not produced, we feel bound to say,......
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