17 DECEMBER 1892, Page 23

Bread and Butter Stories. By Edith Carrington. (Griffith, Farran, and

Co.)—The only fault to be found with these stories, which belong to the " fairy " order, is that they are too clever and too suggestive to be enjoyed by children,—the last being almost undistinguishable from a sermon. Thus, it is not at all probable that the very young reader of the first will understand the sarcasm poked at the two sisters of the heroine, who are unable to cut bread and butter, the one because she is not only a musician, but a. musical composer, and the other because she is a poetess. In spite of diffuseness, however, this collection is likely to be enjoyed by children who are "above" taking an interest in fairy-fiction, but who are, nevertheless, not " above " trying their hands at criticism.