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The English Language : Its Sources, Growth, History, and 

 Literature. Post 8vo, pp. 130. (London: Moftatt and Page.) Price is. 6d. 



The seventeenth edition of this httle work is now before us. It treats of 

 the Origin of the English language, the elements of which it is composed ; 

 Prefixes and Affixes ; Words of Old English Origin, of Anglo-Saxon, Latin, 

 and Greek derivations, etc., etc Much useful information is given in small 

 compass. 



We have also received the following : — 



In the Far East. Letters from Geraldine Guinness in 

 China. Edited by her sister. Crown 4to, pp. 192. (London : Morgan and 

 Scott.) Price 3s. 



Farmer Read's Kingdom : The Story of One Poplar Farm. 

 By Charles R. Parsons. Crown 8vo, pp. 167. (Stirling : Drummond's Tract 

 Depot. London : S. W. Partridge and Co.) Price is. 6d. 



This is a good tale, perhaps one of the best we have read. It is written 

 in a style which cannot fail to interest the reader, and is nicely illustrated. 



Making the Best of it. By Rev. Edward A. Rand. Crown 

 8vo, pp. 281. (New York : Thomas Whittaker. 1888.) Price .^1.25. 

 A capital volume of the " Look-a-head " series. 



The Jolly Harper Man, and other tales. 



As Good as Gold. By Wilhelm Herchenbach. 



Chased by Wolves, and other stories. (Dublin : W. M. 

 Gill and Son.) 1890. 



Three books containing a number of interesting tales. 



Eric's Hymn, and other Stories. By Edith Greeves. 



Tatters, and Jennie's School-days. By Lillie Pethybridge. 



Elise Fontaine. By AUce Briggs. pp. 80. (London : 

 Wesleyan Methodist S.S. Union.) Price is. 



Interesting religious tales, well suited for a Sunday School Library. 



Tales of Terror and Wonder. Collected by Matthew 



Gregory Lewis. Crown 8vo, pp. 283. (London : Routledge and Sons.) 

 Price IS. 



Travel, Adventure, and Sport, Nos. 5 and 6. 



Tales from Blackwood, Nos. 6 and 7. (Edinburgh and 

 London : Blackwood and Sons.) 



Draughts and Backgammon. By Berkeley. 12 mo, pp. 

 128. (London : George Bell and Sons. 1890.) Price is. 



Horner's Penny Stories for the People. 



These stories are well written and are calculated to do much good. 



