Half allegories, half stories, some of them, such as the ‘White Flower,’ very beautiful. Excellently suited for short grave readings. =349. The Gate of Paradise.= By EDITH S. JACOB. (Rivingtons) 6_d._ and 1_s._ =350. The Vision of the Holy Child.= By EDITH S. JACOB. (Rivingtons) 1_s._ 6_d._ Very beautiful and touching dreams. The first is either appropriate for Easter Eve or to a house of recent bereavement; the second is a Christmas vision. =351. Parables from Nature.= By Mrs. GATTY. (S.P.C.K.) Four series, to be had at 7_s._ 6_d._ in 2 vols. Selections, 2 vols. 1_s._ each. The Selections might be most useful, as some of the others are too difficult for the present purpose. No praise is needed for these. Several, if read with children, are very successful. =352. Earth’s Many Voices.= (S.P.C.K.) 1st and 2nd Series. 2_s._ each. In the style of Mrs. Gatty. =353. The Man on the Top of the Ark.= (Nisbet) 1_s._ The flood, the brazen serpent, and the city of refuge are here drawn out in their typical meaning. They are very effective. In the first, there is the serious defect that there is no explanation _how_ to enter the ark, but to add the text, ‘The like figure whereunto even Baptism, etc.,’ gives the key. =354. The Golden Thread.= By Dr. NORMAN MCLEOD. (Strahan) 2_s._ 6_d._ A parable of life, so full of spirit and playfulness that children delight in it for the story alone. =355. The Lord of the Forest.= By Mrs. ALEXANDER. (Masters) 2_s._ 6_d._ A tale with much allegory hidden within. =356. The Beautiful Face.= By Mrs. MITCHELL. (Masters) 4_s._ 6_d._ A child’s romance with a hidden meaning so interesting that ‘Oh, that _is_ pretty!’ the schoolchild’s highest praise, is admiringly whispered when it is read. =357. Coming.= By SELINA GAYE. (Seeley) 5_s._ A very beautiful semi-allegory, with Swiss surroundings. Somewhat long, but of a very poetical and lofty tone, suited to readers of a more cultivated taste. =358. Sintram and his Companions.= By LA MOTTE FOUQUÉ. This most striking of allegorical tales cannot be omitted, when it is on record that it made such an impression on Charles Lowder’s boys that they actually named places in Ratcliffe Highway and London Docks from ‘The Castle of the Moon,’ ‘Rocks,’ &c. There was a small cheap edition published by Burns, the poems exquisitely translated. Hare’s translation, less good, has been published, illustrated by Mr. H. Sumner, by Seeley. 5_s._ =359. The Child’s Pilgrimage.= By FRANCES CLARE. (Skeffington) 2_s._ 6_d._ Pretty little allegories and semi-allegories for children, tenderly and gracefully touched, though it is a pity the child’s departed spirit is called an angel. =360. A Beleaguered City.= By Mrs. OLIPHANT. (Macmillan) 6_s._ There is something so deep and solemn in this book, founded on ‘Though one went unto them from the dead they will not repent,’ that it is added to the list, though it can only be understood by persons of thought and cultivation. [Illustration]