Two Lives Of John Knox.*
THE most unlettered of great Reformers of the sixteenth century has become of recent years the special favourite of literary men. The vindication to which Knox confidently......
A Lost Army. By Fred Wishaw. (t. Nelson And Sons.)—it
is with considerable pleasure that we resume our acquaintaace with Boris, the Bear Hunter. This time he shares with two English brothers, in the service of Peter the Great, the......
Mermaidens. By Sarah Tytler. (r.t S.)—the Number Of...
relate the life of three sisters on board a man-o'-war is not many, and our young readers will probably find in the seafaring life of Sally, Jane, and Caroline, something quite......
The Story - Hunter. By E. R. Suffiing. (jarrold And...
"Story-Hunter" conceives a notion that by hypnotising likely individuals and then compelling them to relate some strange experience, he will be able to get narratives truthful,......
A New Zealand Courtship. By E. Boyd Bayly. (r.t.s.)—in These
five " Work-a-day Stories" there are scene capital sketches of character and considerable pathos, and the writer has made very effective use of that abundant material provided......
Bab ; Or, Tit For Tat. By Harriette E. Burch.
(R.T.S.)-1 read- able little story is Bob, with some good girl-characters in it and an obvious moral. Children will have no difficulty in admiring the courageous obstinacy of......
Current Literature.
GIFT-BOOKS. Mr. Henry Frowde, of the Oxford University Press, has put forth three very beautiful editions of Wordsworth's Poems, edited by Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, M.A., who is,......
Brownie; Or, The Lady Superior. By Eliza F. Pollard....
and Co.)—The heroine Brownie makes her appear- ance in a Welsh village under somewhat tragical circumstances,— her father dying without leaving any information as to what her......
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