We have received from Messrs.. Morgan and Scott The Christian
Almanac (Id.), a sheet for hanging up or fastening on a -wall. Them are three effective pictures of Biblical scenes, and -a. teat for every day in the year. They also send a number of illuminated texts of The Christian Series for hanging up, each with its 'illus- trations, a flower piece or landscape or scene froruclaily life. All will serve their purpose of edification and ornament, and we are not departing from Free-trade principles when we observe with pleasure that they are "made and designed in Groat Britain."— From Messrs. Mils we have received a number of Christmas ,Cards in the "For the Empire" Series. These vary in-price from .4d. to id. each ; and there are others priced at 611. and lid. We notice among the latter some excellent sea-piotures, There -are varieties for all tastes, comic—as when a. man falling from an aeroplane is labelled "back to the land "—and 'Serious. We cannot pretend to describe or appreciate specifically, but we can affirm generally that the purchaser will get good value for his- money. The same firm also sends us a variety of Almanacs and Calendars. Of these we may mention The Music Lover's Calendar, with the birthdays marked of great composers and performers—almost all days have two names attached—and On the opposite page appropriate quotations in prose and verso. The Book Lover's Calendar leaves the days blank, but gives a pretty anthology, prose and verse. These two are for the desk. Then there are calendars for hanging up on tho wall, as The Raleigh' Calendar and The .Notie Thoughts Calendar,-=Wo have received also a number of well-executed publications of the same kind from Messrs. Mowbray, as The Christian Year Kalendar, The Red Letter Kalendar, The Kartndar of the Saints, The Good Shepherd Kalendar. In sheets there are The Parish Kalendar and The Parochial Aintanae. All these show good workmanship. Also from the samewe have an attractive selection Of Christmas' Cards. We have found the letterpress on them almost uniformly excellent, and this is the principal thing; in some cases, perhaps, the ornamentation is not always as good as we have boon accustomed to see in the productions of this firm.
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