New Volumes.

The Secret of the Old House. A Story for Children. By Evelyn Everett-Green.

Tim, a clever boy of romantic tendencies, and his sister Dinah go to stay with their rich grandmother in the country, near an old house which has the reputation of being haunted. They not only see the ghost, but serenade it and make friends with it—the ghost proving to be an unhappy youth who has been allowed to seclude himself in one wing of the mansion. The two children succeed in effecting the restoration of the boy to health and his reconciliation with his grandfather.

Hal Hungerford. By J. R. Hutchinson, b.a.

A boy sent out by an emigration society to a farmer in Canada is charged with the committal of a serious crime. Seeing no hope of clearing himself, he leaves his new home with a boy-companion, and they take up residence in an old block-house about which mysterious stories are told. They succeed in unravelling the mystery at no little cost, his companion dying of injuries received in the burning block-house, and he himself escaping death by the merest chance. The story is full of exciting incidents—a smuggler's cave guarded by a skeleton, a pirate's treasure, and the like.

The Golden Weathercock. By Julia Goddard.

The Golden Weathercock on the church tower has in virtue of his position the privilege of hearing about everything from everybody. From all quarters dainty and interesting stories reach his ears, and the comments and questions of the old gossip himself add piquancy to the interspersed narratives.