10 DECEMBER 1898, Page 26

A Girl's .Ezyerinsent. By Margaret Reston. (R.T.S.)—The experiment is one

for which there is the highest authority. North Field thinks that she will ask to her birthday-party her poor neighbours. She has not, it is true, a perfectly irreproach- able motive, for she thinks that she is more likely to have her own way with them, and she likes the idea of playing the part of Lady BountifuL In the course of making this " experiment" ehe learns a good deal, and gains a clearer notion of what her poor neighbours are, and how she may beat do her duty to them. The idea is fresh, and is worked out well.