“Pericles,” as well as “Timon of Athens,” is believed to have been the work of some other writer, afterward completed and partially altered by Shakspeare.  It is thought that most of the last three acts of “Pericles” are Shakspeare’s, though some of their prose scenes and all the choruses are by another hand.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ALL AROUND A PALETTE is a delightful book for boys and girls, especially for those who love good pictures and odd and sprightly stories with something in them besides the fun and sparkle.  Mr. J. Wells Champney has put a picture or a sketch wherever there was a chance, and Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney has made the stories very bright, sweet and interesting.  The book is published by Messrs. Lockwood, Brooks & Co., Boston, and is one of the “Children’s Art Series.”

Messrs. Porter & Coates, of Philadelphia, send us THE BOY TRADERS, by Harry Castlemon, a brisk story of adventure on the sea, in the Sandwich Islands and among the Boers.  There are several striking pictures.

A YORK AND A LANCASTER ROSE, by Anne Kearney, author of “Castle Daly,” “Oldbury,” etc.; published by Macmillan & Co., New York.  This book is by an English author, and is a charming picture of family life, which will interest girls of thirteen and fifteen years of age.  The story is of two girls, each named Rose, the one rich and the other poor; and tells how they were brought together, and the influence they exercised upon each other, and relates, in a very pleasant way, the various adventures, sayings, and doings of their brothers and sisters.

THE CUCKOO CLOCK, by Ennis Graham, author of “Carrots” and “Tell me a Story”; published by Macmillan & Co.  This volume is well illustrated by Walter Crane.  The cuckoo in an old clock makes friends with a lonely little girl, and causes her to have a good time, and to see many wonderful things.  One of the prettiest parts of the story is the account of the making of the clock in the German home of the little girl’s grandmother.

SLICES OF MOTHER GOOSE, SERVED WITH SAUCE BY “CHAMP,” is the title of a set of large cards, admirably printed in black and red, and giving new funny versions of Mother Goose rhymes, by Alice Parkman, illustrated with capital pictures and silhouettes by Mr. Champney.  Messrs. Lockwood, Brooks & Co., of Boston, are the publishers.

SIX SINNERS, by Campbell Wheaton, has to do chiefly with one of the six dear little “sinners,” Dora Maynard, whom girl readers will love right off.  It tells all about her school-days, her pranks and fun, her troubles and how they were overcome, and tells it in a way so lively and absorbing that you will want to read all of it at one sitting.  The book is clearly printed in large type, and is published by Messrs. Putnam, New York.

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EASY DOUBLE CROSS-WORD ACROSTIC.