Shakspeare. It is considered too horrible and repulsive to
be his work. However, it may have been brought to him to be retouched
and made ready for the stage. Hence is it, perhaps, that some passages
of his are found in it.

"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