Tack Archer. By G. A. Henty. (sampson Low And Co.)—this
is a very lively tale. After some preliminary adventures, our heroes land in the Crimea, and go through the battles of the Alma and of Inkerman. So far, we follow the track of......
Strawberry Hill. By Clara Vance. (gemmell,...
of a decidedly religious kind, not wholly to our taste, but certainly well intentioned.......
A Tourist Idyll, And Other Stories. 2 Vols. (sampson Low
and Co.)—The first of these stories is a somewhat amusing account of the perplexities which arise from a mistake made in a friendly exchange of cards. One of the parties gives a......
Peter Parley's Annual (ben George) Is, As We Have Before
taken occasion to explain, a real annual, as that word used to be under- stood, and not the collected issue of a magazine that has been published throughout the year. It is,......
School-girls All The World Over. Par E. Bertha....
Sons.)—It is by something of an effort of imagination that these sketches are styled sketches of "school-girls." Daphne, the Greels girl, and Izananis, a young lady of Japan, do......
Only A Girl : A Tale Of Brittany. Adapted From
the French by C. A. Jones. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This is a pathetic story of the Breton maiden, Francoise Dane. We find her an orphan in the first chapter, and leave......
Our Own Country : Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial....
is the sixth and concluding volume of a very meritorious work. "Canterbury," with its magnificent cathedral, which disputes with Westminster Abbey the distinction of being the......
It Is Difficult To Give An Idea Of The Varied
contents of L'.Art, Nenvieme Anat., Tome III. (Remington), bat we may mention as specially noteworthy among them M. Emile Michel's two articles on " Rubens in the Munich......
The Young Zemindar. By Horatio Bickerstaffe Rowney. 3...
and Co.)—The "young Zemindar " is led by a fakir or dervish—we feel rather hazy as to his precise status—to join in a tieing against the British Government. The rising fails, as......
Prayers And Meditations For The Holy Communion. By...
With a Preface by C. J. Ellicott, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. New edition. (Rivingtons.)—This is not the kind of book which it is possible to criticise. Indeed,......
A Christmas Pudding For Young Eaters. By L. C. Skey.
(Griffith and Farran.)—There are various tales, some of the fanciful, some of the real kind in this book. "The Kettle and the Pot" is a fairly suc- cessful imitation of Hans......
The Fables Of La Fontaine. Translated From The French. With
Twenty-five Original Etchings, by A. Delierre. (Nimmo and Bain.) —The translation here republished, "after extensive and careful revision," is that which was published in Paris......
Is- A Volume Of Slight, Pleasant Sketches Of Travel, Just
touched with/ humour of the quietest sort. Of humour, indeed, the Americans have in perfection the two extremes, the most extravagant and the most. restrained. Here we have a......
Really A Valuable Work Of Art. After The List Of
"exhibits," numbering in all between seven and eight hundred, comes a series of sixty illustrations, reproduced from the originals by the various processes of etching,......
The Way Of The Cross, And Other Tales. By Emily
S. Holt. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Here we have three tales of early Christian days. The first has to do with the kinsmen of Our Lord who were accused before Domitian. But is it true......
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