Routledge's Every Boys Annual. (Routledge.)—There is no end to the
number of these handsomely illustrated books that are intended for the delectation of British youth. The present volume occupies a very fair position on the list, but we think that in our young days wo should have considered that there was too much instruction in it. The papers on "Our Workshop" are not very amusing reading, "Common Errors in Speaking and Writing" a boy expects to have corrected in school, and not in play-hours, and it is a positive outrage to ask him the square
root of a i a in a story-book. On the other hand, Mr. Kingston is in force with naval adventure, and there are stories about pirates, and wolves, and dogs in which the boy-mind is likely to take delight. Perhaps the book may be considered a fair compromise by the stern uncle, who always insists on making a present of something useful.
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