15 NOVEMBER 1890, Page 43

Edwin's Fairing. By tho Rev. E. Monro. (Mowbray and Co.)—

This is one of those pretty and pathetic old-fashioned stories that children like. Edwin, the hero, a poetically treated character, and Helen, and the crusty, but of course kind-hearted old Woodcock, are characters that children dote on. Old Mr. Woodcock is a typical specimen of a suspicious, highly unconventional, and altogether unreasonable old man. The story of Edwin and his "fairing" and his squirrel is a very pretty one, and we commend it to all good children. Edwin's fairing is a slightly improbable one, but it points such an excellent moral that we must overlook its weakness.