14 DECEMBER 1889, Page 24

Somebody's Darling. By Catharine Shaw. (John F. Shaw.)— A pretty

little tale, this, of child-life. Olive, who lives with an uncle and aunt, welcomes to England her mother and a little sister returning from India. There is an admirable ayah, whose wisdom and patience English nurses would do well to imitate, another little Indian child, and a variety of grown-up characters. The story is of the simplest kind, but it is told in a very pleasant way, and the excellent moral is enforced with much tact.