. Fifty - two Stories of the Brave and True for Boys.
Edited by A. H. Miles. (Hutchinson and Co. 5s.)—Regarded from a literary point of view, these selections of Mr. Miles seem to improve, as he has widened his scope to take in stories such as " Died in Harness," which introduce the question of the ethics of true courage into fiction. We can- not, of course, mention all the stories. The first, "The Magic Bat," is amusing; "A Keen Blade" is a very short and rather grim story of Napoleonic days; "A Mysterious Enemy" is a weird and impressive, though not new, story of wild life by Presi- dent Roosevelt; and " A Wild Adventure with a Bull," by an Isle of Man author, is fresh material. The stories are all up to the average, and many are distinctly beyond it. Older boys will find occupation for pleasant half-hours in these stories, some of which they may possibly have read before. But the selection is none the less admirable, and no less welcome for aiming at a certain standard.
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