Through rough waters, by the author of 'The rose garden'.G. Bell, 1878 - 269 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 218 - BELL'S READING-BOOKS. FOR SCHOOLS AND PAROCHIAL LIBRARIES. The popularity which the ' Books for Young Readers ' have attained is a sufficient proof, that teachers and pupils alike approve of the use of interesting stories, with a simple plot in place of the dry combination of letters and syllables, making no impression on the mind, of which elementary readingbooks generally consist. The Publishers have therefore thought it advisable to extend the application of this principle to books adapted for...
الصفحة 223 - The Privateers Man. Adventures by Sea and Land IN CIVIL AND SAVAGE LIFE, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Illustrated with Eight Steel Engravings. Post 8vo., 3*.
الصفحة 221 - The tone of the book is pleasant and healthy, and singularly free from that sentimental, not to say " mawkish," stain which is apt to disfigure such productions. The illustrations by Mrs. Allingham add a special attraction to the little volume.' — Times, 'It is scarcely necessary to say that Mrs. Ewing's book is one of the best of the year.
الصفحة 221 - It is a beautifully told story, full of humour and pathos, and bright sketches of scenery and character. It is all told with great naturalness, and will amuse grown-up people quite as much as children. In reading the story, we have been struck especially by characteristic bits of description, which show very happily the writer's appreciation of child life.
الصفحة 221 - Let every parent and guardian who wishes to be amused, and at the same time to please a child, purchase " A Flat Iron for a Farthing ; or, some Passages in the Life of an Only Son,
الصفحة 222 - In one of our former reviews we praised " Deborah's Drawer." " Giles's Minority " no less deserves our goodwill. It is a picture of school-room life, and is so well drawn that grown-up readers may delight in it. In literary excellence this little book is above most of its fellows.
الصفحة 220 - OVERTHEWAY'S REMEMBRANCES. Illustrated with 10 fine Full-page Engravings on Wood, after Drawings by PASQUIER and WOLF. 2nd Edition, cloth gilt, 3^. 6d, ' It is not often nowadays the privilege of a critic to grow enthusiastic over a new work ; and the rarity of the occasion that calls forth the delight is apt to lead one into the sin of hyperbole. And yet we think we shall not be accused of extravagance when we say that, without exception,
الصفحة 221 - A capital book for a present. No child who is fortunate enough to possess it will be in a hurry to put it down, for it is a book of uncommon fascination. The story is good, the principles inculcated admirable, and some of the illustrations simply delicious.
الصفحة 220 - Remembrances" is the most delightful work avowedly written for children that we have ever read. There are passages in this book which the genius of George Eliot would be proud to own It is full of a peculiar, heart-stirring pathos of its own, which culminates in the last pages, when Ida finds that her father is not dead. The book is one that may be recurred to often, and always with the same delight. We predict for it a great popularity.
الصفحة 217 - It is written on an artistic principle, consisting of actual biographies of certain elephants, squirrels, blackbirds, and what not, who lived in the flesh ; and we only wish that human biographies were always as entertaining and instructive.' — Saturday Review. INSECT ARCHITECTURE. By RENNIE. Edited by the Rev. JG WOOD, Author of