15 FEBRUARY 1896, Page 23

Sheila's Mystery. By Mrs. Molesworth. (Macmillan and Co.)— " Sheila"

is a jealous," cantankerous" little girl, who makes herself, and, as far as maybe, every one about her, unhappy. There is a secret about her parentage—it is not made clear at first sight what it was—and a conversation which, by an unlucky chance, she over- hears, reveals it to her. Hence come various romantic adven- tures, beginning with a flight from home. Let us hope that no little girl will be tempted to imitate. It might have been AS well not to let off this very troublesome heroine so easily.