Twycross's Redemption, By Alfred St. Johnston...
correctly described by its author as "a story of wild adventure." Certainly, the experiences of its leading characters in the interior of Ceylon are almost on a par, as regards......
Both Sides Of The River. By Cecilia Selby Lowndes. (seeley
and Co.)—This is a most detailed study of English still-life, executed in the well-known conscientious style of its author. The leading characters in it—barring Maurice Hammond,......
Of Illustrated Children's Books We Find That We Have Still
a multitude to appraise, or at least to mention. The "Old Corner" Annual, edited by Arthur Holme (Griffith, Farrar], and Co.), is described as a "collection of pictures, verses,......
Tha Major's Campaign. By P. Percy Grover. (frederick...
Co.)—The " Major " tells the story of his campaigning in a spirited and pleasant fashion. He joined the 66th in 1808, first smelt powder at the passage of the Douro, and......
Pepper And Salt ; Or, Seoscning For Young Folk. Prepared
by Howard Pyle. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Mr. Pyle tells various stories in prose and verse, and illustrates them with an abundance of clever, humorous drawings. The prose tales......
Tales.—namesakes. By Mary E. Mullah. (hatcharde.)—we Had...
through this little book, not before we saw its merits, but before we recognised in the author the writer of that very charming story, "The Lion Battalion." It is sufficient to......
The Black Troopers, And Other Stories. (religions Tract...
is a book of atones of adventure and heroism, several of which are at least based on fact, and may be said, therefore, to contain that truth which is stranger than fiction. The......
His Little Royal Highness. By Rath Ogden. Illustrated By W.
Rainey. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—Little Regis tumbles off, or rather with, a rotten bough, and breaks his leg. His playmates devise means of entertaining him, and light upon......
Strange Tales Of Peril And Adventure (religious Tract...
of stories, that have already appeared in the Leisure Hour. There are twenty-two of them in all, and they take us to varied scenes, Alpine climbing, Australian exploration,......
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