Three Little Great Ladies. By W. Percy Smith. (R.T.S. le.)
—This story enforces in a very pleasant and natural way the excellent moral that the best opportunities of self-denying work often lie close at home, that we may busy ourselves with good works and neglect duties which are more urgent, though they have a less attractive appearance. The "little ladies," who have suddenly come into great wealth, wake up to the knowledge that they are leading selfish lives, but do not go the best way to amend. They visit the poor, for instance, and neglect home duties. The artist who supplies a frontispiece can hardly have read the text. The young lady on the right has a very short frock for fifteen. — Daniel's Fallen Dagon. By H. Louisa Bedford. (Same publishers. le. 6d.)-1 pretty little story this, scarcely represented by its figurative title. Daniel is a hair- dresser, enthusiastic about his occupation, and the Dagon is a block, of which he is quite legitimately proud. The interest of the tale lies in the two love stories, both good in their way. Lily, of the auburn hair, is a particularly well-drawn figure.
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