Weary-holme : Or, Seed-time And Harvest. By Emily S. Holt.
(J. F. Shaw and Co.)—This is described as "A Tale of the Restora- tion." The principal incident in this story is the career of Olivia, daughter of an Independent minister, who......
The Will-o'-the-wisps. Translated From The German Of...
Charlotte J. Hart. (Chapman and Hall.)—The transla- tion is made from the " thirty-fourth " edition of the German original. This is sufficient proof of considerable popularity,......
True Tales For My Grandsons. By Sir Samuel Baker....
—The elephants, the dogs, and the animals generally, whose doings Sir Samuel Baker relates to us, are creatures with which we have been glad to make acquaintance. The San......
In The English Illustrated Magazine This Month, Art Is Well
repre- sented by a vigorous reproduction of Cranach's portrait of Luther ; and by an interesting account, from the pen of Mr. Walter Arm- strong, of "Some Forgotten Etchers."......
Book Of English Fairy-tales From The North Country. By...
C. Freyer, Ph.D. (W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—Here are eleven stories, some of them quaint and strange, some, as, for instance, the "Dragon Stories," of a sufficiently......
The Cabin On The Beach. By M. C. Winchester. (seeley
and Co.) —Miss Winchester always writes well, but she is scarcely at her best in this story. The characters and the plot are more of the con- ventional sort that we are......
The Robber Chief; Or, Too Good For His Trade. By
Edward Burton. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—This is a romantic story, full of adventures and surprises, and ending, as such stories should end, with the happiness of the good and the......
Peas Blossom. By The Author Of " Honor Bright." (wells
Gardner, Dayton, and Co.)—There are some very brisk scenes of school-life in the early part of this story, scenes which are vigorously described, and which will be read with......
Marvels Of The Polar World. Translated From The French Of
C. Lesbazeilles, by Robert Rontledge. (Routledge and Sons.)—We read here about the natural history of the Polar regions ; we have also the records, somewhat sad, on the whole,......
Alice's Pupil, By Letitia Mcclintock (nisbet And Co.), Is A
pretty little story, illustrating the patience of true charity, and the reward which it attains in the end.......
Bek's First Corner, And How She Turned It. By T.
M. Conklin. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Bek, or, at full length, Rebekah, is an Ameri- can young lady. Whether the " corner " is the age of twenty-five, as we are inclined to think, or......
What's In. A Name ? By Sarah Dondney (hodder And
Stoughton). is a very romantic story indeed. One Henry Jervaux marries secretly a girl below him in social position, and thereby offends his family. He dies, leaving one child ;......
Cornish Stories. By Mark Gay Pearse. (f. Woolmer.)—these...
of the " Christmas number " sort; moderately good of their kind, but not more. The anecdote of the miller who put the story of the walls of Jericho to a practical experiment, is......
Madge Hilton. By A. C. Maitland. (w. Swan Sonnenschein And
Co.)—Madge and her brothers and sisters are left behind in England, when their father and mother, for the sake of business and of health, pay a visit to Australia. This story......
Gesta Romanorum, The Ancient Moral Tales Of The Old Story-
tellers. (W. Swan Sonnensohein.)—We are glad to welcome these old favourites, Fulgentius and Jovinian, and the kings, knights, maidens, magicians, and others, for whom the fancy......
With Clive In India. By G. A. Henty. (blackie And
Son.)—Here is a story built, and, as we may expect from so skilled a writer as Mr. Henty, well bnilt, on the foundation of historical fact. Charlie Marryat, by the help of an......
Laila ; Or, Sketches From Finmarkens. By J. A. Friis.
Translated from the Norwegian by the Earl of Dade. (S.P.C.K.)—Laila is a little Norwegian, who is lost as a baby by being thrown out of a sledge pursued by wolves, and adopted......
Daintree, By Bernard Heldmann (nisbet And Co.), Has Too...
incident. It really is little more than a story of how two sons leave their father, and the life for which their father had intended them, to devote themselves to more congenial......
Old Wives' Fables. By Edouard Laboulaye. (routledge And...
very lively stories, with, perhaps, just a touch of satire in them, which would be well away, for a fairy-tale ought to be absolutely simple in intention, and never remind us of......
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