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things that happened to the Stirling family one summer holiday.

The characters are skilfully drawn, and though we are intro- duced to a large party of children of all ages, as well as grown-up people, they are all delightfully natural in the way they act and react on each other. We do not hear very much about the extinct monsters, but the two poems and Mrs. O'Connor-Morris's pictures make us wish that Lady Bray would tell us more about them. The book will have a special interest to those who are familiar with the country in which the scene is laid, and to whom the Silent Pool, for instance, is more than a charming name.