Told In The Dormitory. By R. G. Jennings. Melbourne. (thomas
Lothian. 8s. 6d. net.)—The "Dormitory," it will be observed, belongs to an Australian School, and the stories are of a corre- sponding character. So we hear of how it fared with......
Ties Moods Of Delphine. By L. E. Tiddoman. (r.t.s. 2s.)—
This is a pretty little story, so far as concerns Delphine, an Anglo- French girl, who pouts, and smiles, and quarrels, and makes friends in a. charming way, talking all the......
A Play - Book Of History. By A. A. Whiddington. (blackie And
Son. ls.)—Here we have twenty-six stories from English history, beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with the aceession of Queen Victoria, told with explanations, with......
The Mystery Of The Castle. By M. P. Boyd. (james
Nisbet and Co. Gs.)—The heroine, Nadine, is a lively American girl who goes to stop with her step-grandparents in a Scotch castle. They live a quiet life, are obliged to be......
The Little Gingerbread Man. By G. H. P. (g. P.
Putnam's Sons. 8s. net.)—A humorous little extravaganza of how a gingerbread cake-boy was made and of what happened to him, and what parts were taken by Mouser the cat, and......
Animals In Fun-land. (james Clarke And Co. Le.)—the...
by Mr. Louis Wain, who is worthily backed up by artists of the same temper—H. B. Neilson, Elsie Blomfield, and others. We may mention Mr. Louis Wain's "Lively Time" and "Waiting......
A Disputed Heritage. By Evelyn Everett-green. (the...
6d.)—Mrs. Everett-Green is not afraid of well-worn themes, but she always treats them brightly and pleasantly. When Alys Rivers first goes to Riversmeet and is told that she......
An Impossible Friend. E. L..haverfield. (james Nisbet And...
6d.)—The impossibility of Madge Laugh= is so overwhelm- ingly displayed on her first appearance that it takes all the author's skill to win over the reader as well as Lucy......
Young England, Vol. Xxvii. (the Pilgrim Press. 6s.)—of...
serial stories one is a tale of the days of James III. of Scotland; the other has to do with adventures in the West with Red Indians and other dangerous folk. There is a good......
The Scarlet Button. By Kate Mellersh. (r.t.s. 2e.)—there...
usual characters in this story, the naughty pair and the good, the good getting the better in a way that is worthy of all praise. We must not give away the surprise of the......
The Magic Dragon. By Baldwin S. Harvey. (duckworth And Co.
is. 6d. net.)—Probably the best sort of modern fairy story is that which we find here. It has a distinctly comic touch about it, and this is easier to give than the absolute......
The School Girl Princess. By Arthur Wyatt. (james Nisbet And
Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is a story of the boldly romantic kind, which must deal with events of long ago, for Prussia would hardly allow a war of dynastic succession in any State of......
We Have Received From Messrs. Ward Lock And Co., Two
books, between which we do not find it easy to discriminate. Those are Ward, Lock and Co.'s Wonder Book (8s. 6d.), edited by Harry Golding, described as a " Picture Annual for......
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