64 REVIEWS. 



Our Home. Our Friends. Our Pets. (London : Rout- 

 ledge and Sons.) 



Three books of Original Verses, written by Airs. Sale Barker, editor of 

 " Little Wide- Awake," very beautifully illustrated by F. A. Fraser, Paul 

 Hardy, and A. W. Cooper. The verses are charming, and the illustrations 

 are uncommonly nice. We notice that " Our Home " is printed by Ernst 

 Haufmann, at Lahr, Baden, and "Our Friends," under the direction of Otto 

 Mayer, by Judd and Co., London. 



Sandy Ross : A Tale of the Sea. i2mo, pp. 96. 



Arctic Stories. i2mo, pp. 96. (London and Edinburgh: 

 Gall and Inglis. ) 



Two very interesting and nicely-illustrated tales for young people, 

 suitable as presents for them. 



Every Band of Hope Boy's Reciter. Vols, i and 2, con- 

 taining Original Recitations and Dialogues. By S. Knowles. Royal i6nio, 

 pp. xiv. — 3S4. (Manchester : Brook and Chrystal ; London : National Tem- 

 perance Publication Depot, 337 Strand.) Price is. each. 



A lot of good temperance recitations and dialogues in prose and verse. 

 suitable for young people's gatherings and Band of Hope meetings. Vol. L is 

 in its eighth and Vol. H. in its third edition. 



The Silver Voice: A Fairy Tale. Post 8vo, pp. 57. 

 Price IS. 6d. 



The Bairn's Annual. 8vo, pp. 192. (London : Field and 

 Tuer, The Leadenhall Press.) — Two exceedingly amusing books for the young. 

 The very comical illustrations in Tlie Silver Voice are hand-coloured. 



The Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society for 



October contains a Monograph of the Genus Lycoperdon, by G. Mason, with 

 2 plates. 



Science Gossip for December has the continuation of an 



article on Slug Gossip, and the continuation also of Notes on the Common 

 Frog in a state of Domestication ; and many other papers of general interest. 



The World's Inhabitants ; or, Mankind, Animals, and 



Plants. By G. T. Bettany. (London : Ward and Lock.) — Parts I and 2 are 

 occupied with the Inhabitants of Europe, commencing with the Early Inhab- 

 itants of the British Isles ; has reached (chap, xi.) The Belgians. These 

 numbers are well illustrated. 



Amateur Work. (London : Ward and Lock.)— In the 

 December number of this useful work are instructions for making a very cheap 

 microscope, and a lot of other articles interesting to the amateur. The new 

 volume commenced in November. Each number contains a large plate of full- 

 sized working drawings for some useful articles of furniture. 



Our Earth and its Story. Edited by Dr. Robert Brown. 

 (London: Cassell and Co.) — Part XI. (December) contains a coloured chart, 

 showing the Distribution of Saltness in the Ocean. The chapters in the 

 present part describe Valleys and Fjords, their nature and origin ; Marine 

 Denudation ; and the Formation of Coast Scenery. The illustrations are good. 



