Dauntless Patty. By E. L. Haverfield. (h. Frowdo And Hodder
and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—Patty comes from one of the Colonies to England, and finds herself somewhat at a loss. After certain adventures she becomes an inmate of a girls' school,......
An Earl Without An Earldom. By Scott Graham. (s. W.
Partridge and Co. 3s. 61)—The reader will not want for sensa- tions when he comes to read about the Earl. He finds two to begin with; the very independent agent who consents to......
Holly House And Ridges Row. By May Baldwin. (w. And
R. Chambers. 6s.)—The Whitley family have come down in the world, and they have to do something to eke out their very scanty means. One thing is to have their amusement cheap,......
Fairy Tales From, South Africa. By Mrs. E. J. Bourhill
and Mrs. J. B. Drake. (Macmillan and Co. 38. 6d.)—Very quaint and interesting are these fairy-tales from Swaziland, Zululand, and Matabeleland. Perhaps the first, a really......
The Hills Of Hauraki. By Susie Mactier. (s S.u. 20—there.
is some skill in character-drawing, and the triels and trOnbles of workaday households are realised with force ad directness, but the_atmosphere of the book is gloomy, and the......
Robin Of Sun Court. By Eleanor M. Stooke. (national Society.
ls.)—A well-written, pathetic little story, with vivid pictures of life in a Plymouth slum. In tales of this kind how far the writer may introduce the element of what for short......
Dwellers In The Garden. By The Rev. Theodore Wood. (t.
C. and E. C. Jack. 6d.)—We think this series, couched in simpla language and describing the denizens of sundry localities—in this case the garden—an admirable sixpennyworth.......
We May Put Some Stories Of School Life Together. Mrs.
L. T. Meade has two, The School Favourite and The School Queens, both published by Messrs. W. and R. Chambers (5s. and 3s. 6d.) In the first the central ineident is the fate of......
The Dawn At Shanty Bay. By Robert E. Knowles. (oliphant,
Anderson, and Ferrier. 3s. 6d.)—In this pretty Christmas idyll we are presented with a faithful and loving portrait of a stern old Scotchman, who, having been sundered from his......
The Reivers. By William A. Bryce And H. De Vero
Stacpoole. (S.P.C.K. la 6d.)—We are a little surprised to find a clan of cattle-lifters in Scotland apparently in quite modern times— the talk of the characters is modern and we......
Mid Clash Of Swords. By George Surrey. (henry Frowde And
Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.)—There is much colour and picturesque incident in this tale of an Englishman's adventures in Rome and Florence during the turbulent times of the early......
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