The Story Of Dick. By Major Gambier Parry. (macmillan And
Co.)—This is a pretty character-study of boy-nature, illus- trated throughout with descriptions, worked, it is clear, with a very full and loving knowledge, of rural life. "......
Among Typhoons And Pirate Craft. By Captain Lindsay...
and Hall.)—The general effect of Captain Anderson's stories is good, though it must be owned that he is sometimes so highly technical with his nautical terms as to be hard to......
(apparently) Cross Old Uncle, A Cousin Who Has A Bit
of a temper, and is therefore unduly restrained, and children of the not un- common kind, who are prepared on any and every occasion to play the knights and the soldier—are very......
A Pilgrimage To The Land Of Barns, And Poem. By
Hew Ainslie. With a Memoir of the Author. By Thomas C. Latto. (Gardner.) —Hew Ainslie died at a great age in America, in 1878. In early life he wrote the Pilgrimage to the Land......
Finn And His Companions. By Standish O'grady. (t. Fisher...
St. Patrick and his fellow-missionaries were build- ing a little church on the plain of Meath, they were aware of a company of giant-like men that was approaching them. These......
The Child Set In The Midst. By Modern Poets. Edited
by Wilfrid Meynell. (Leadenhall Press.)—This volume is dedicated by the editor to his wife, the mother of eight children, whose pretty if somewhat fanciful names are inserted on......
Incidents Are Skilfully Kept Within The Limits Of The...
while they are made to differ somewhat from the familiar experiences of African travel and adventure. The two friends are left on shore by a captain who disapproves of their......
Without The Consent Of The King, Ralph Gander, Earl Of
East Anglia. This incident is the base of Miss Blake's story, which tells how the two Earls rebelled ; how they were deserted by Waltheof, whom they had at first intended to put......
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