20 DECEMBER 1890, Page 23

Two Little Boys. By Louise Marston. (Sohn F. Shaw.)—This is

a touching little story from the " annals of the poor." It is more common, we should imagine, to find children abandoned than to hear of their being kidnapped. However, the incidents suit the development of the plot, and so may be allowed. The two little lads figured on the cover in their neat knickerbocker-suits, are surely too well-dressed for Rob and Bob.—Mr. 'arrer's Big " Os," by Emily Brodie (Religious Tract Society), is another story of child-life.---From the same publishers we have .P'eter's Sister, by Janet Eden. " Peter " is a crippled lad whom his mother, dying from overwork and care, has left to the chart of his sister Mary. The fortunes of this girl and of her sister 4-Flo " are well described, and the book is an excellent story to put into the hands of girls working in factories and the like.