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    a clever delineation of character and graphic descriptive powers . Cousin Geoffrey and X , by Caroline Austinrelates how Mabel Greyupon the death

    , , of treatment lier father of her , becomes brings dependent about a series upon of an comp unscrupulous lications . relative The story * whose of Mabel unnecessaril ' s courage y , harsh and

    unselfishness under most trying circumstances is good healthy reading . The get-up of the book is pretty , and the illustrations excellent .

    A Gyp * y agralnst ber -will , by Emma Leslie . This story is suitable for working girls , and teaches the lesson ______ of contentment with the surroundings of humble life . A girl dissatisfied

    with j - ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ domestic ^ t ^ W H -W - ^ — " service seeks ^ ^ refuge _ amongst the gypsies _ , but ^ J in a short " time - - — is heartil ¦ ^^—K — " ^^ ^— — ¦ W ^ ¦ — y ^ g lad ^^ ^™ I —I —*__» ^ to ^ ~^*^ t be released from such company and to resume her former vocation .

    The X _ ost Thimble , and other Stories , by Mrs . Musgrave . Children just able to read will be deli —¦— ghted with this little book . 1 It contains few words longer than — - two -r sy »—« - llables ~_~ - ^ - ^» - and

    nothi y y ^_ ^^ ^^ p ^^ ng —v ~ -m beyond ^ ^^ - ^ p — — M the _ ^ — mental — ¦ — _ - — ^ capacities — - m _ _ . of the _ V — youngest — — » reader •¦ * £ ^ — — - - ^— - ^^ m H , ^ H ^—^ ^^^^ ^^ T ^^

    Down the ' Snow Stairs , by Alice Corkran , is far and away one of the best story-books of

    the season . It is a beautiful allegory of child-life , full of absorbing interest ,

    and written with great ability . A little maiden called ¦ Kitt h in

    disobedience " ^™ - ^— ' - ^^^ — — m h to - ^^^ ^^» ^^ w y her w , ^^^^^^^ ^^ H mother ^^^*^^ fl ^^ t V ^ i ^ r ^^^^^ »^^^ ^^ ' ^^ s wishestakes her — younger —^

    —brother , a lame and t / delicate boy , out into the

    cold to see , a snow giant which a group of children

    have fashioned . Kitty and her brother stay out

    too long , and the consequence , to the latter is a

    dangerous illness which fills conscience - stricken

    Kitty with remorse . In a dream the child wanders ' down the snow stairs '

    and finds herself in Punishment Land . Here she _ witnesses some wonderful things , but , greatjy to her own surprise X , meets the Ange CD l of Love , who g Jives the

    little penitent the kiss of forgiveness , and takes the naughty spirit out of her heart . She trips home free and glad at heart , but the evil tendency still follows

    lun : and lingers by her side as a wicked elf who seeks to tempt her to do wrong . But Kitty's good Angel comes to her aid , and she gains—though not without many a fight—the victory at last . The story is told with great beauty and naturalnessand is lit upnot only by a hig 1 h purpose

    ^_ r plklaV ^^ ^ -r ^^ — ^^ p ^^ ^^ . ^^ ^^ ^^ r ^ B V ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ K ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ — — — ^ 9 ^^ ^^ ^ , » ¦ , T — — _» _* ¦ — ¦ — — ^^ , '" it by imagination and fancy of quite an exceptional kind . The struggle between light and darkness — ^ ^ ^^ ^^^ p ^ ^ l % _ f , is ^ k ni J indicated rib ^ Bb flb ^ rf ^ 4 b ^^ ^ TT ^^ ^»^ ^ i ^^ fc without r » — — — — — — ' a touch — _ . __ of — _ undue _ _ _ ^ - moralising — _ _ — ^^^^ , and __ _ in ___ . a way ^^ which , _ appeals j — ¦— — - ^ . _ _ K ^ b ^ m M ^ hh ^ B ^ IM ^ H a A A A < tt * * A 1 ^ ~^^^* A ( . ¦

    inesistibly to all that is best in the reader . The book contains sixty . illustrations by Gordon Iimwne , and when we assert that they are worthy of the story , we pay the artist a handsome

    l' ut ut deserved dfiSfvrvftH compliment rnmnlimenL . Highways wiv mumr and w ^ r ^ i ^ ¦¦ Blgrn Seasby Frankfort Moore . Cyril Harley met .. __ with _ many _ l exciting

    ^_ j ^^^ ^ h ^> y ^™ ^^ m ^^ — ^^ P ^^ , ^/ «^ — _/ - ^ - » — — - — — — — ^^\ i < l \ entures ^ both by sea and land , and the story belongs to the period when highwaymen 'bounded on the roads of England and smugg B lers along Ithe , coasts . The hero tells his own _ ^ A . ^ ^ k A - IH . A ^ B f ^ A _ . A

    si ^ ry with humour and picturesqueness , and in the course of it he shows how little courage ; i " < l romance there was after all on the side of such law-breakerswho oftenhoweverled other

    l )( ( » ple , including himself , into very critical and exciting positions , . The , illustrations , are uncommonly spirited . ,

    time One is Afloat of the at healthiest Xrftst , by and J . C . heartiest Hutcheson tales . It for is boys a narrative which of has the been experience published of an for Eng some lish Jil

    l ; tv , , who medicine had the and well the -known Church craze , he to becomes go to midshi sea . pman Declining aboard his the father 'Silver ' s offe Queen r alike , ' for bound the f ( ' China ¦»—¦ ' A J * . A . BkJL ^ AJ . * The B , . AWJ story % & W ^ y of ^^ »• the ^* . * fc ^^ voyage V - ** r W * ^ % ^^ . is ¦•¦¦< # told ** -+ ** m . i ~ rm » with » » A , w * . ^ much »•«•» < % ^« k ^ rf *¦• g 1 « m low *• - ** * » and »* " •»¦»•¦ -w * . «»« naturalness k ^« v ^« ^*» mm wwm a ^ ^ "wrwr . The . «* . aav' witt » » A ** y W

    ' »" ish bo ' sun , the stern , courageous captain , the famished stowaway , Neptune ' s court in C it ) ; > ins ssing of the a voyage line , tUe are chase told and with attack charming of the effect Malay . The pirates author , as well writes as like all other a sailor interesting , which is ,

    'uore tnan can be saia tor every one who tens sea taxes . Jtiis description or nautical details is I

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    I Pec . 6 , 1889 The Publishers * Circular I 55 I 1 ¦

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/17/