A Trip To Mars. By Fenton Ash. (w. And R.
Cha.mbers. 3s. 6d.)—As may be imagined from the title, Mr. Fenton Ash's new book does not lack for marvellous adventure. The story opens in the Southern Seas with the fall of......
True Stories From History Retold For Little Folk. By Edith
Roberts. (Mackie and Son. le.)---Among these stories precedence is given to "Black Agnes of Dunbar," a heroine of the days of Edward III. After her come various heroes and......
Not Easily Estimated—equal To Itself. There Is Fiction Of A
sound and wholesome kind ; sport of various kinds is duly noticed ; mechanical work is duly represented, as, for instance, when Mr. Douglas tells ire "how I made a motor-boat,"......
The Century Magazine. (macmillan And Co. 10s. 6d.)—it Is...
the assurance of finding much that will be worth reading that one takes up a bound volume of the Century Magazine. And it a to the departments other than fiction that we......
Stories Of Famous Men And Women. Edited By J. Edward
Parrott, M.D. (Thomas Nelson and Sons. 4e. net.)—Here we have sateen "well-chosen and well-executed studies of famous people. ' Flora MaccIonard - holds the first place, and as......
New Editions. - The Water Babies, By Charles Kingsley...
and Co., 15s. net), appears in a handsome edition, with large print, spacious margins, and a general appearance of magnificence which suite the book admirably. And there is the......
Franco-prussian War, Which We Have Already Had The...
noticing (Spectator, October 30th), and "Us and Our Donkey," by Amy Le Feuvre. There are also twenty-odd short stories. The " Biography " is, as usual, an important element.......
Three Curly Tails. By Marion Lockhart. (bakers And Son. 2s.
net.)—This contains some amusing stories about the author's dogs. In one of them she describes her terror at seeing a pair of boots protruding from under her bed. When she had......
Why And What At The British Museum. By Lettice Bell.
(Morgan and Scott. is. 6d. net)—It is quite true that, as Mr. Campbell Morgan " whispers " in his introduction, "lots of pastors, parents, and teachers" who go round the......