Our Dick. By Laura A. Barter Snow. (r.t.s. 2s.)— Dick
Adair makes a sufficiently effective hero—a good but not over-good boy. But the most interesting character in the tale is the Irish waif and stray Thady. He is always what he......
His Own Interpreter. By Gertrude Hollis. (s.p.c.k. Le....
picturesque story this of a young man, wrongfully accused, who is able to clear and, indeed, more than clear himself. Some- how the hero is a more convincing person than the......
The Empire Annual For Boys. (r.t.s. 3s. 6d.)—some Of The
best reading in this volume is contained in the articles—we would have welcomed more of them—dealing with actual facts con- cerning our colonies. "Famous Australian Explorers"......
Perrault's Fairy Tales. Newly Translated By S. R....
and Daniel. 5s. net.)—We are altogether in agreement with Mr. Littlewood when he bids us enjoy the stories which Perrault either wrote or touched up without speculating whether......
Molly Montague's Love Story. By Katherine S. Macquoid....
3s. 6d.)—The swain is somewhat peremptory, the nymph inclined to tantalize, being influenced by a worldly cousin's counsel to put many suitors on trial before she makes a......
The Captain Of The 'waterguard.' By Edith E. Cowper....
2s. 6d.)—Miss Cowper has found an excellent subject, and made good use of it. Smuggling, though less romantic in fact than it seems in fiction, furnishes good material for a......
Us And Our Empire. By Amy Le Peuvre. (r.t.s. 2s.)—this
is quite a book of the day, the day of Scouts' Brigades and the like. The boys and girls of whom we were told in Miss Le Feuvre's Us and our Donkeys have now a League of Empire.......
The Gipsy Princess. By Dorothy Payne Gallwey. (s.p.c.k....
an amusing story, half funny half serious, in which the familiar incidents, such as a lost baby and a princess who wishes to marry the suitor who can ride a Pegasus, are mixed......
The Boy's Own Annual. (r.t.s. Ss.)—as Usual The " Boy's
Own" is full of good things ; indeed they are almost overwhelming coming in this concrete form. With the stories we shall not attempt to deal ; suffice it to say they are as......
In Chinese Stories, By Norman Hindsdale Pitman (george G....
5s. net), we get back to antiquity, but Chinese antiquity, which has a character of its own. What could be more Chinese than " Sing Li's Fortune " ? Doomed to die at nineteen,......
Fairies Afield. By Mrs. Molesworth. (macmillan And Co....
—Mrs. Molesworth tells the modern fairy story as well as anyone. The four which she gives us in this volume are good examples of the kind, and it would be highly unreasonable to......
A Compleat Sea - Cook. By Frank T. Bullen. (s. W. Partridge
and Co. Ss. 6d.)—Sea-cooks have somehow not a good name. It is not a distinction to have one in a family tree. Mr. Bullen seeks to rehabilitate them ; at least he shows us a......
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