The Rainbow Garden, By Gratiana Chantes (r. Brimley John-...
5s. net), is a pretty volume of little sketches from life, done by pen and pencil. Possibly there is just a little tendency for sentiment to run into the sentimental, but there......
When The World Was Young. By Lafayette Mclaws, (con- Stable
and Co. es.)—The story opens with a striking scene. Colonel Huguenin and Captain Middleton (who tells the story) are bound to the stake, to be tortured to death by the Red......
For The Faith. By E. Everett-green. (t. Nelson And Sons.
3s. 6d.)—This " Story of the Young Pioneers of the Reformation at Oxford" is told with a moderation and a breadth of view•which are not very often found in fiction of this kind.......
We Are Glad To See A New Edition Of Forest
Outlaws, by the Rev. E. Gilliat (Seeley and Co., 5s.) It will be remembered that St. Hugh of Lincoln, one of the most picturesque characters in medimval Church history, plays a......
One Woman's Work. By Annette Lyster. (s.p.c.k. 2s.) — This
is a very forcibly drawn picture of a determined, high- spirited woman, dominated by a sense of duty. Her husband deserts her, and she sets herself with great courage to provide......
The Would-be-goods. By E. Nesbit. (t. Fisher Unwin, Gs.) —we
strongly recommend this as a book to be read; at the same time, we would suggest that it should be read piece by piece. One wearies of the monotonous mischief into which these......
The Queen's Shilling. By Geraldine Glasgow. (t. Nelson...
ls.)—We do not care for the domestic tragedy which sends the hero to the recruiting sergeant. Doubtless incon- venient codicils have been thrown into the fire, but we cannot......
The Boys' Odyssey. By Walter C. Perry. (macmillan And Co.
6s.)—This is a pretty book; the story is well told, though there might be improvements. Our chief objection is to the mixing of Homeric and post-Homeric legends. The latter are......
Of The Annual Volumes Of Magazines Intended For Youne...
we have the usual abundant supply. It is really impes. sible, even if it were a thing to be desired, to discriminate or make comparisons between them. Generally, we may say that......
Mooswa. By W. A. Fraser. (c. Arthur Pearson. 6s.)- "mooswa
and Others of the Boundaries" is the full title of the book. The "Boundaries" creatures are some seventeen wild creatures, from the black fox, who is king, Mooswa,' the elk, a......
Old King Cole. Edited By J. M. Gibbon. Illustrated By
Charles Robinson. (J. M. Dent and Co. 4s. fid. net.)—Old King Cole had, we all know, "fiddlers three." It is not so generally known that one of these was a German, another a......