17 DECEMBER 1892, Page 22

Farthings. By Mrs. Molesworth. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This story

is written in the interest of the " Church of England Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays." Mrs. Molesworth knows how to write a story with a purpose, and yet to make it natural and interesting. She does so here. Litt'e Tony is himself a " waif," though the child of a well-born father, and he repays to another the kindness which, at a critical moment of his life, has been shown to him. It would be re- vealing the plot were we to explain the meaning of the curious title. It must suffice to say that it is justified, with no little ingenuity.