10 DECEMBER 1892, Page 23

Iltid's Friend. By Constance Canning. (Religious Tract Society.)—Iltid is one

of the spoiled darlings who are better to read about than to know. The tale of his friendship with the unhappy 'Nezer, who, by the way, certainly looks twice his proper

age as he is pictured in the frontispiece, makes a fairly good story, entertaining at times, and always inspired by an excellent purpose.