11 DECEMBER 1920, Page 23

A Child's Book of Hours. By Constance and No61 Irving.

(Milford. 12s. (Id. net.)—This is written in pleasant rhythmical verse, beginning with a description of the old ways of marking time, such as that of King Alfred, who

" Coloured the wax In Blues and Blacks, And Green and Yellow and Red,"

Which subdivided the time of Day:—

The Time to Work, The Time to Pray, The Time to Feast, The Time to Play, And the Time to go to Bed." Then we follow a little child's day hour by hour. The book is large and remarkably heavy, for the pages are of thick card. board, those with the letterpreas of brown-paper colour, and those with the coloured illustrations of a light buff. The genera/ effect is low toned and a great contrast to most of the children'S books of this year.