18 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 11

Our Dick. By Laura A. Barter Snow. (R.T.S. 2s.)— Dick

Adair makes a sufficiently effective hero—a good but not over-good boy. But the most interesting character in the tale is the Irish waif and stray Thady. He is always what he ought to be, and prudent and thrifty to a degree that makes us think that his countrymen have not been fairly represented in respect of these qualities. We venture to suggest to Mrs. Snow that " I want you to tell Thomas I won't need the carriage to-day " is not according to the accepted usage of " will and shall."