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    I , Tbe Trag-edie of XKacbetli , by William Shakspeare . Illustrated by J . Moyr Smith .

    ' Mr . Moyr Smith has not only illustrated this magnificent volume , but has also written an introduction and notes . He has taken infinite pains to make himself acquainted with the

    costumes and armour of ancient Scotland and Scandinavia , and he imports his learning on this \ and kindred subjects into his pictures . Many of the full-page etchings in this book are very effectiveand are marked boetic imaination as well as technical skill .- On the who ] e

    i Mr how . ever Moyr , , w Smith e like ' s best conception the exquisite y p of the vi chief gnettes g actors which in are the g p iv lay en of with 4 Macbeth the text ' is of striking the drama and . ,

    unconventional , and students and lovers of Shakspeare will find much to charm and interest them in this handsome and artisticJbook . < ^

    \ ' ¦¦ Wee rolk , Good Foils , a Fantasy [ , ful by collection Ethel M . of Wil fairy mot tales -Buxton distinguished . A slight by but lightness

    graceof touch and considerable imagination of a dreamy poetic type . It is a pleasant idea to make a little lame boy the object of the friendship and goodwill of

    the ' Wee Folk , Good Folk / who lead him to enchanted grounds . There is decided originality and

    £ fe « hness about Miss Florence doope ^ s illustrations . Boys must be hard to please who do ^ not revel in the of MrFHWinder ' exciting story lost

    in Africa pages . The . three . heroes . of the s book start for the Dark Continent to search for a lost willwhich is

    posed to be in the pocket of an old coat , hidden in sup an African cave . The plucky adventurers pass through

    in incredible circumstances difficulties of ^ , he and Utmost again peril and . again There are are placed some capital descriptions of African scenery in the book ; the interest never flagsand the whole story is told

    with picturesque vigour , and startling realism . If Mr . Winder can follow the success which he has

    unquestionably won in this up instance , he will speedily take rank with the best writers of story-books for

    boys .

    Jule s Verne is a past master in imaginative fiction , and in his new < v w w story ¦ w k A ^^^ b ^ < lrift in MflM tli ft e Pacific 4 b there a ^ fj j is

    — — — - — — ^ - — —— w ** r - » - <* w . m . ^^ a *^ ^ r ^^ ^¦ V ^^ ^^ ^ M «>^^^ a ^ ^^ m m ^ ^/ J . t ~? evidence enough that , his hand has not lost its , cunning ^ .

    A A excursion group ffrOUD ot Of in lad lada a s . , hundred in in JN ^ Jp ew . W -ton y Zealand ^ aXarx yacht cl , start sfn , and +. on on are a p nlpaaurn leasure blown

    out to sea , and nnaJly wrecked on a desert island . Here the lads endeavour to make themselves as happy

    and comfortable as possible .

    Han over Island , the scene a (* . an ft ot of

    their adventures , is

    v agu aonifilv ely de de--scribed as 4 somewhere

    off the coast of ^ fe Chili —t . i ~ imwm ^* ^* ^ . v ' ^^^

    Some of the company are almost ¦ 11 ¦

    «> W « h ^^ ¦ ¦ » ^ — as ingenious as Jules

    Verne himamongst self , though the clouds in a different with a small way , boy for fastened they construct to its tail a huge Lord kite Beaconsfield , which is once sent said careering that it

    . is the unexpected which happens , and thatis certainly true in the clever and fascinating stories of Jules "Verne . The illustrations are ^ ' vigorous and spirited .

    There is nothing very remarkable in »» o Story of a Poodle , by Lucy D . Thornton , panied though hi youn s mi stress folks to will the probabl Pyren y ees relish . The the moral descri of ption the book of ' Gaston may be ' s ' said prank to s be when gathered lie accom up in

    not the , closing fail in his sentence duty . ' * It a man love his Maker as faithfully as a dog loves his master , he win

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1578, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/44/