Current Literature.
GIFT BOOKS. Ursula's Stumbling•Block; or, Pride Cometh Before a Fall. By Julia Goddard. (Cassell and Co.)—This little story belongs to what is called the "Proverb Series," and......
The Riser-waif ; Or, The Luck Of Godfrey's Wharf. By
Constance Cross. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Here the heroine is a girl picked up in the river, a variation from the customary casting on shore by a storm from a shipwreck. Her......
Hugh's Sacrifice. By Cecil Marryatt Norris. (griffith,...
is a fairly good school-story. Hugh is a high-principled boy who suffers for the faults of others. The cause of his sufferings is one of those difficult situations in which the......
One Thing At A Time, And Other Proverb Stories For
Boys and Girls. Second Series. By Ethel Coxon, Madame Colomb, Mrs. M. Douglass, and other Authors. (John Hogg.) —By " Proverb Stories " are meant stories to illustrate and......
The Briny Deep. By "captaia Tom." (griffith, Farran, And...
—The owner and captain of a merchantman, in the days when mer- chantmen were passenger-ships, tells the story of how he sailed from London to Rio de Janeiro, and how his......
Yoked Together. By Ellen Louisa Davis. (nisbet And Co.)—this
tale has for its central interest a grave matter, which, we think, is hardly a fitting subject for fiction. That some unity of belief should be considered as an essential......
Christmas Cards.
"THE wet fogs came, an icy wind blew, and the long, dark nights drew on apace. The Ruler of the year stood there with locks as white as snow, but he knew not that it was his......
Marie's Home ; Or, A Glimpse Of The Past. By
Caroline Austin. (Mackie and Son.)—This is a story, told in the form of a diary kept Marie's Home ; or, a Glimpse of the Past. By Caroline Austin. (Mackie and Son.)—This is a......
Tim Yardley's Year. By F. Scarlett Potter. (s.p.c.k.)—tim
Yardley is a boy who begins life by " bird-keeping." His experiences are arranged in the order of the seasons, and we hope that if the book gets into the hands of any "Time " in......
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