15 OCTOBER 1892, Page 23

Master Bartlensy. By Frances E. Crompton. (A. D. limes and

Co.)—We are glad to speak of this little book with quite un-

mixed praise. Miss Arminel Ann Throginorton—called, for short, " Nancy "—is a quite delightful young child, and, we are thankful to say, she never becomes anything else. Her old-fashioned ways, her toys and dolls (such as these things used to be fifty years ago), the inflexible "Trimmer," the silent Squire, are all described with a remarkable felicity. And the end is beautifully contrived.

Little Nancy escapes a great peril, of which few readers will read without a sensation of tears ; and the Squire makes exactly the thank-offering which satisfies her early longings.