12 DECEMBER 1914, Page 25

Boys and Girls. The Verses of James W. Foley. (J.

M Dent and Sons. 3s. 6d. net.)—Some of these little poems are pathetic, others are lively, but they are all concerned with the appeal of childhood to the rest of the world, whether the call comes from a well-cared•for nursery or from a city street. American turns of phrase and thought give these pleasant verses a flavour of their own. The book has a coloured frontispiece, but the rest of the full-page illustra- tions are black-and-white.