17 MARCH 1888, Page 24

A Siege Baby. By John Strange Winter. 2 vols. (F.

V. White and Co.)—This latest work from the pen of the lady who, under a masculine pseudonym, has given us a number of very lively stories of military life, is not a novel, but a collection of abort tales which may possibly have appeared in magazines, though we do not remember having seen any of them but the title-story before. They are slight enough in structure, but, as a rule, the central situation is well in- vented and effectively treated, and the writing is throughout brisk and vivacious. The stories based on incidents in the Indian Mutiny are stirring, and some of the lighter tales are decidedly amusing.