Penelope and the Others. By Amy Walton. (Blackie and Son.)
—Penelope is the eldest of a family of five children; and Miss Walton relates their experiences in a very pleasing little narra- tive, brightened with not a few touches of delicate humour. The adventures of Ambrose and David, in search of objects for their museum, are entertaining ; but we must demur to the idea, which seems too extravagant even for the eccentric Miss Barnicroft, of a lady putting her money in a hole in a field by way of security. The little story of " Kettles" is one of the best things in the book, and has a most indisputable moral. Heathen at home have a claim above that of heathen abroad ; at the same time, it must never be forgotten that the people who are most keenly interested in the one, have also, for the most part, the most active sympathy with the needs of the other.
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