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      ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦ * " f - — - Robin Goodfellow ' s Brother , by Cecilia Selby Lowndes , is a quietly-pretty little book for children , in which . Effie , who tries to play the part of a 'brownie , ' accidentall y becomes the fin means floor fal of discovering the sh long the -lost brother of elderl Jad y who Miss is Robins , p of layfully jj

      called on . iln-1 ' ' Robin T ^ . ^ Goodfellow , low .. ' Oscar Osnar . TLeigh ^ ei . , the wealthy wealthv cripple criDT > le Jad , . who is a a pupil dudiI ot Effi JKth ^ e '' s a widowed of irritation mother and , and self- has will always partly been by th allowed e little his 'bro own wnie way ' s , learns influence to control ; and ' his Robin outbreaks Good- I

      fello fallow w ' 's s ' brother hrn + Jifir . , the t , hp , good crnnd genius crenius of of the the piece niece , , appears aonears on on the the scene scene just in at- in in time time to to be be of < J \\ H signal service to all . The story is animated with a spirit of gentle considerateness , and is an j __ unaffected record of ' the charities that soothe , and heal , and bless . ' ¦

      . ... i ; Xhe Way Home , hy Helen Shipton . Illustrated by David Knowles . Miss Helen '

      Shipton ' s story , ' The Way Home , ' contains healthy and simple moral teaching ,

      so presented as to maintain ! interest throughout . The ; writer shows considerate

      insight into human nature in tracing the career of

      Harry Easton from a wild and reckless youth to a sad j .

      and suffering manhood , i ' Sorrow proveshowever | i

      , , to be ' the way home' to a [' good ^^ 0 ^ h ^^^* ^^^ ^^^^ ft » ^ and ^^^« ^» *^ " ¦ ^**^^ B ¦ happy ^^~ *^* ^ . ^^^ | _ w ^ lif ^ B ^^^ ^ H e ^^ . ^ . ^ P The ^^^^— ^^ ^^ ^^^ T !;'

      noble way in which , an elder ! brother voluntarily bears

      the penalty which a younger brother deserveseven

      before r ~ - ^^ ^^ r ^ r ^^ «^ his *^ rT ^^ ^^ life ^ 'j ^ fc *^ T ** T ^^^ is ^~ » ~* reformed u ^ r % ^ , « ^** W ^~ " ^ " ^^ , ^ ^ is - a ^ H ^ T charming ^^ ^^ ^ M ^ riTVf ^ B- ri « k ^^^^ ^ b ^ fc ^^ % i ^ b ¦ chapter ^ fe ¦ ^ <^ ^^ ' ^ ¦ ^ - ^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ . ^ We ^^

      specially commend the txjok to mission workers .

      Harry Wilde , a Tale of the Brine and the Breeze ¦¦¦

      ^^ ^ h ^ Bf ^^^ M I n ^ k ^ b ^^ ^^^ ^ to' ^ P ^^ ^^ ^>^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ' ^ ^** ^ a '' ^ ^ N' * ^ i » , by Gordon Stables , CM ., M . D ., R . N . A fine book

      for boys in Dr . Stables' best style . It is the story of a

      four years' cruise of Her Majesty ' s ship the ' Stormy

      Ppi Petrel . rftl ' on off the the coast coast of or Africa , in order to put down the , slave trade . The

      book contains the account of chases and «>« f tures of

      Arab rarorofta V ^ JL v ^ l ^ VM dhows v of of 'tJ slaves s 1 a . VR , .- «; cap ¦ vvvi with . - ^** Tt Jt ^ - is is . ^^ their - * full tuli — j | |

      cargoes of stirring incidents , of de-W scri ^* ^ - ^ •¦ - A ptions W ~ r * J * . ^ -r Jk . ^»^» of ^—^ Jh . ^ Arab _ ^ h . JL * -- ** ^ - ^ cruelty «/ Jk ^ - » ^~ s 7 ,

      and of deeds of British , the daring incidents and courage woven . in the All j

      story are based upon facts connected with the

      suppression of this nefarious | th trade at , . notwithstanding This being so , all the the book efforts ought made to bring , the home traffic to in the slaves mind is of even English yet peop a flourishing le the fact ; business , and that it is carried on done with well the in same reckless brutality that has always

      characterised characterised it it . . Tho JLhe b Sv . F P .. U O . . K K \ . ha ha ^ 3 done well in publishing nnhlishincr a a volume volume on on this + >» ia subject auV » i « r » t . . ¦¦¦ Xilttl mmmmm aa ¦¦ w " ™ ^ e * Solo ^^ - ¦•*¦ mon ^ i»— ^» - - " ^ ^ and ^^ j » « n her ^ - ^ - Prien ^ m ^ ^ ^^ «»<* l - » * —»¦ , by -v _^ » Mary . * . » . A . ^ - ** . w Davison ^ ..- * - 1- ^* » Jk K-P V ^ A 4 k . ' Littl . Hut Jk V V A e \ y T Solomon *^ J \* r JL V ^ A JL M V / -i-M . ' is JLk 3 CV a A nickname JL jL V / Xl ^ * * * ' *

      given to a tiny fatherless child of six , at a cheap boarding-school , where she is placed \\ by her penurious great-uncle , who insists upon her mother accepting a situation as governess I to ~ " — a - ^ rvr famil vw ^ - ^ . — — «• y proceeding K . r— -v - ~ " - « uif - ^^ -v ^» i— . » ^ f" ) to ^"^ Australia " ^^ ^^ **¦ » - ^ ^ »¦ " " . ^ No ^ ' v ^ lover ¦ * '—^ » ^>^^ ^ of ^~ J »> children ^ - * Jfc « fc ^ fc >*¦ ^ . ^ b « L ^^ Jl ^ k can ^^ T % ^ V JL Jt , , read JL ^ V % ^ V V ^ V unmoved ^ i < l JL JL & A A »¦_<* T * l . 1 * ^ rf ( . the ^^ JL JL ^^ touching W ^^ »•>•* ^^ * ^ 7 ] ^ IH !

      account 4 Dotheboys of this Hall . little ' Yet girl even 's desolation in this dark on finding spot some herself love is alone found and and a stranger Little Solomon at a female like III I Wordsworth ¦¦ ' s ¦ dewdrop * ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " protected ¦ - *^» b » the -- dais ' s rt _ v shadow M « v Vi is be f frien , ded chieflb those , «^ I

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/86/