... so as to interest all youthful readers, and, indeed, old readers also. Her contribution this year to the litera- ture of Christmas, ` A Great Emergency, and other Tales (George Bell and Sons), consists of four tales prettily illustrated. A Great Emergency ...

... CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOKS. finlal review of the g(enieral winter storv-boolk market we have found vnor 1ulmes worthy of commendation. Slav Tales (George i~si aor collection Of fairy tales of the Slav peasants and herdsmnen, prmthe French of Alex. Chodsko ...

... CHRISTMAS BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. Three Fairy Princesses. Illustrated by C. Paterson. (Marcus Ward. 2s. 6d.) The stories of Cinderella, Snow White, and the Sleeping Beauty cannot but become even more attractive than they are in themselves by oeing. as daintily ...

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... nr;'al 'ardls tlme e is a vety prettv one like a fan hal.opened. Some cnarnr wall-calendars are also atmaong this firm's Christmas novtltizs. ...

... BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS.-LAST NOTICE. LIKE wise caterers we have kept some of the best Christmas books for this our last course of them. There are two, for instance, by Mr. Andrew Lang, which, though hardly suitable for children, are both very pretty books ...

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... o: the bhst known nursery fairy ia' c told aga n. 'iAniinal Painting for Beginlners (Elackie andi Co., price 4 .) i, a Christmas book acceptable only to yoitz art stude. ts. It is a voiune of % eie ,-'orster's well-known and u eful vlater- on o series ...

... antiquarian learning. Both books may be confidently recommended as Christmas presents for the sisters, the cousins, and the aunts of Universicy men, or indeed for the latter themsehes. Is a Christmas present book wanted for a friend who is interested in India ...

... ANOTHER BA TCH OF CHRISTMAS BOOKS. CHILDREN. Mr. Caldecott's picture books have appeared for so many years as Christmas comes round that the festive season would scarcely be complete without a couple of new ones. (I) This year he has not been so fortunate ...

... THE ,PALL MALL CHRISTMAS-TREE. MILE END ROAD, JANUARY 11, 1894, Four thousand eager, grimy, happy faces, Elf-locks of hair, eyes glittering with delight I Four thousand hearts through which the life-blood races Dancing and hot, for once at least to-night ...

... farm. Quite a zoological garden of pet animals play parts in this excellent story, which deserves a place among the best Christmas books of the year. Dick's Holidays, edited by J. Weston (17. Fisher Unwin.) Dick, hafpy boy, was a young natu a'ist, who ...