The Railway Children. By E. Nesbit. Illustrated By C. E.
Brock. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co. 6s.)—We can thoroughly recommend The Railway Children as an excellent story. They were delightful little people, who lived in the suburbs......
The Child In Art. By Margaret Boyd Carpenter. (methuen And
Co. 6s.)—Ruskin noted the defect of Greek art, that in it children find so small a place, and the writer of this book says that with the exception of Eros children occur but in......
The Enchanted Land. By Loney Chisholm. Pictures By...
(T. C. and E. C. Jack. 7s. 6c1.)—Among the books of old fairy-tales retold, we wish particularly to call attention to Mies Chisholm's Enchanted Land, where we wander in the......
Old English Wood - Carving Patterns. By Margaret F....
Botsford. 8s. 6d.)—This is a really useful portfolio of designs of the Jacobean period. In a note Mrs. Malim says truly how much a collection of this kind is wanted by......
Children's Books.
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. By Graham Robertson. (John Lane. 'Is. 6d.)—Mr. Graham Robertson has given us another delightful book, and children and grown-up people will......
Dora : A High - School Girl. By May Baldwin. Illustrated By
Mabel L. Attwell. (W. and R. Chambers. Ele. 6d.)—In Dora we have a lively story for girls. It is well written, and the interest is cleverly kept up all through. Dora and her......
The Dogs Of War. By Walter Emanuel. Illustrated By
Cecil Alden. (Bradbury, Agnew, and Co. 6s.)—The next book on our list is very different, but also very amusing. We can thoroughly recommend Mr. Cecil Aldin's Dogs of War, — the......
Flowers From Shakespeare's Garden. Pictured By Walter...
Co. 6s.)—We need only call the reader's attention to Mr. Walter Crane's charming new flower picture-book, which is in his well-known and attractive style.......
The Book Of Animals. By Horace S. Groser. Illustrated By
A. Scott Rankin and others. (Andrew Melrose. 5s.)—In Mr. Grosees Book of Animals we have natural history in a very attractive form. Besides the usual facts as to the size and......
Why - Why And Tom - Cat. By Brown Linnet. Illustrated By...
(Wells Gardner, Dorton, and Co. Ss. 6d.).—In Why - Why and Tom - cat we are introduced to a little girl and her animal friends. Her name was Elizabeth and she was a very nice......
Some 1300.ks Of The Week.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of The wools as have not bus reserved for review in other form.] A Country Gentleman of the Nineteenth Century. By F. Awdry. (Warren and......
Gods And Heroes Of Old Japan. By Violet Pasteur. Decorated
by Ada Galton. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 12s.)—These legend of the gods and heroes of old Japan make a fascinating book. The stories, taken from the sacred writings and......
Crane's Etchings. By H. S. Theobald. (macmillan And Co. 10s.
6d.)—Besides a descriptive catalogue of Creme's etchings, this book gives us a notice of the artist's life and an appreciative short account of his oil pictures. The work will......
The Old Engravers Qf England. By Malcolm Salaman....
Co. 5s.)—This book is an historical survey, and not a guide for print collectors, and thereby gains greatly in readableness. Mr. Salaman tells us that the author of the first......
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