Miriam's Ambition. By E. Everett Green. (Blackie and Son.) —An
author who puts into a hook but one thing so good as the five-year-old "Babs " (otherwise Arabella) has not failed. She is a most delightful little creature—to read about. The rest of the story is sufficiently good. The way in which the children make the acquaintance of little Oliver, and the coincidence which con- nects him with them, are somewhat strange ; but there is no need to quarrel with them when they help to bring about results so interesting. But surely there is a certain absurdity in the way in which the unknown nephew is introduced to his aunts. If the intention had been not to spare the old ladies, but to startle them, nothing better could have been desired. It seems a little unlikely that a boy of six could have remembered the title of Victor Hugo's " L'Homme qui Rit " from seeing it in Paris bookshops ; and con- sidering that it means a hideous grin, it was not very appropriate to the gentleman who pleased the children with his frequent laughter.
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