11 DECEMBER 1886, Page 18

"Foremost if I Can." By Helen Atteridge. (Cassell and Co.)—There

is a certain difficulty about a foundling turning up in any probable, and at the same time respectable way, on land. Hence the favour with which the sea is regarded. But surely it passes belief that the next morning after a yacht has capsized, they should find a lady floating "nearly [P] dead, with a life-belt round her," and a child "wrapped warmly" on her breast. This conceded, all goes well. The foundling is discovered to have a most respectable parentage. And the story of her life meanwhile is prettily told. Old " Granny " is the dearest of old women, and David Stubbs the bravest of boys.