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Boys' Self - Governing Clubs. By Winifred Buck. (Macmillan and Co. 4s.

6d. net.)—This book gives the experience of its writer in New York. She has had eight years of work among boys, varying in age from eight to sixteen. In some respects, of course, circumstances differ ; but, on the whole, the principles on which Miss Buck has found it best to work are applicable equally on both sides of the Atlantic. Our author goes to the heart of the -matter. She gives a chapter to the subject which, much as we might like to shirk it, must be faced,—" Criminal Acts in Children." She analyses the conditions which are in operation, and makes a very instructive study out of her analysis. We can recommend the book to any one who may feel called to take part in this most necessary work.