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SOME CHRISTMAS BOOKS

The Tapestry Adventure. By Brenda Girvvin. (Oxford University Press. 2s:- 6(11 —The children's detective. tale type of story is generally very bad, but The Tapestry Adventure is a mist' exciting 'and original book. It will be a clever and submissive child indeed who guesses the end or who puts the book down and goes to bed without a struggle: It is suitable for a boy or girl about twelve years old.