The Motograph Moving Picture-book. (symons's Patent.)...
is a really original idea in the realm of picture-books. A plain picture is put before you,—for example, a picture of a traction-engine. You cover it with a "transparency" in......
Balzac's "comedic Humaine" : A Daughter Of Eve, And Letters
of Two Brides. Translated by R. S. Scott. (J. M. Dent and. Co.)—It is as difficult to translate Balzac as to engrave a minature. His language is so special and so......
The Nursery Rhyme - Book. By Andrew Lang. Illustrated By...
(Frederick Warne and Co.)—As the years go by, and the summers rush on while the winters lengthen, how greatly do we value the songs we read in what Mr. Lang describes as " my......
People Of Dickens. Drawn By C. D. Gibson. (john Lane;
London ; R. H. Russell, New York. 20s.)—It is quite unnecessary to say that these drawings are clever. Mr. Gibson's work always deserves that adjective. But whether these......
Current Literature.
Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories. (Grant Richards.) — Mr. Lucas has deserved well of the Republic of Letters, and also of that of the Nursery, by editing this little volume of......
The Counsels Of William De Britaine.*
THIS is, as far as we know, the first attempt that has been made in recent times to popularise The Humane Prudence of William de Britaine. The book was first published......
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