When I was a Little Girl. By the Author of
"St. Olave's." (Mac- millan and Co.)—This is a charming book for genuine children, who like a simple history of natural juvenile life, and have not already been spoiled—by sensational stories—for the enjoyment of common-place every-day incidents, void of all romantic adventure. The thorough understanding and happy description of a gay simple child's doings, makes the book readable and interesting to the old as well as the young. We have found but one very little fault in the whole book, the constant use of the disagreeable appellation of " skinny " as a nick-name to a poor half-starved orphan child for whom the authoress asks and to whom she carefully draws the sympathies of her readers. It has a strange, harsh, grating effect, by no means comics, nor in harmony with the delicate and finished style of the simple narrative. For a pleasant and vivid description of the kind of incidents that delight a lively little girl, we would refer our readers especially to the description of the tea-taking with Aunt Mary in her private room.
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