20 JUNE 1914, Page 25

A Child of the Orient. By Demetra Take. (John Lane'

7s. 6d. net)—The "child" was a Greek girl, living in Turkey, who spent much of her time in Turkish households playing with their children. She describes her experiences brightly and readably enough, and shows that the "terrible Turk" is a very decent sort of human being in his domestic life.