10 DECEMBER 1898, Page 25

Our Next-door Neighbour. By Stella Austin. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and

Co.)—Children will welcome this pleasant story.. Two little girls, Molly and Sybil, have as their neighbour Arthur Adair, who has been sent to the country for his health. Prince Charming, as be is christened by the girls, certainly benefits by the change. In the first chapter he is represented as very ill; while shortly afterwards he is taking part in all sorts of adven- tures with his two friends. Latin mottoes, by the way, are not usually remarkable for their classical purity, but surely "In deo confide" is utterly impossible.