10 MARCH 1888, Page 44

Mary Brooks is the Country Mouse in Mrs. Herbert Martin's

pretty tale (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.) She is the eldest of the large family of Dr. Brooks, who has been reduced to comparative poverty by helping a scapegrace brother, and compelled to leave his London practice and live in Yorkshire. Mary goes to London to be a com- panion to her cousin, Lena Maurice, the only daughter of a wealthy banker, who gives herself all the airs of an heiress. The tale describes Mary's influence on her wayward cousin, and how the tables are turned, when the bank breaks, and the scapegrace uncle returns with his pockets full of money. It is a book which is sure to be acceptable to all healthily-minded girls in their teens.