14 APRIL 1923, Page 19

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This charming story, which is more particularly suitable for girls, of a Dublin waif who became acquainted with some well-to-do children and the- subsequent improvement of her condition is very delicately told. It carries on the best Vic- torian tradition of the " really nice " poor child, one of the respectful Poor, but it is not mawkish and expresses a great deal of the sentiment that is common. to childhood whether spent in the slums or hi Fitzwilliam Square. It is, in fact, quite a triumph in its unaffected style.