The Leisure Hour. (r.t.s.)—we Have In This Year's Leisure...
five serial stories, which are perhaps an improvement on two long ones. One is historical, a tale of the wars of Gustavus Adolphus and Wallenstein, and another is a tale of the......
Days," And The Phrase Is Certainly Apt. If The Readers
of to-day are fond of blood—and possibly the taste is a reaction against the softness of our civilisation—here they may gratify their taste to the full. Fdr onitelves, we must......
Wild Kitty. By L. T. Meade. (w. And R. Chambers.)—this
is one of the romantic stories which Mrs. L. T. Meade delights to tell you. Kitty Malone is the prettiest, the most audacious, and the most charming creature that ever fluttered......
St. Nicholas, May - Octcber, 1897. Conducted By Mary...
and Co.)—It is needless to praise this "Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks." It keeps its place at the top, whether one considers the quality of the text or of the illus-......
Cassell's Family Magazine, June - November, 1897....
Family Magazine, like the other publications of the firm, contrives to keep up its distinctive character, a character which it is easier to recognise than to describe. The......
Farmer Battle ; But It Must Be Allowed That The
catalogue is a formidable one,—Tom and Ralph, twins, aged thirteen ; Paul, aged twelve ; Hal, aged eleven ; Sam and Tim, twins, aged ten. However, they give a good account of......
The Dumphies. Frank Verbeck, Discoverer ; Albert Ingelovr...
(Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—A book of fairly good pictures and indifferent letterpress. We cannot say too often that sense may be welcome when it is but of moderate......
One Red Rose. By Mary H. Debenham. (national Society.)— A
certain Giles Brent, temp. Edward IV., saved the life of Sir Gervase Lacy at the battle of Barnet. When Henry VII. came to the throne the Lacies leased a certain domain known as......
Jenny. By Mrs. E. Cartwright. (gardner, Darton, And Co.)—...
situation of the little girl, with a good deal of quicksilver in her limbs, going to stay with some precise old relatives is a familiar one. Mrs. Cartwright makes something......
Pounded On Paper. By Charlotte M. Yonge. (national...
striking part of this story is the very vivid and lifelike description of Alfred Greylark and his wife Eva. The husband is nineteen and the wife two years younger ; both are......
The Making Of Abbotsford, And Incidents In Scottish...
the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott of Abbotsford. (A. and C. Black.) —These twelve essays exhibit the lady of Abbotsford's usual selective skill and command of materials, and they......
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