22 DECEMBER 1906, Page 26

The Book of Gilly. By Emily Lawless. (Smith, Elder, and

Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—" Gilly's" father, when going out to enter upon a government in Southern India, determined, against the will of his somewhat conventional wife, to send his son to make acquaintance with Irish folk in the little island of Inishbeg, which was part of his possessions. Various characters, all of them drawn with the skill which we expect from the pencil of Miss Lawless, fill the scene. There is the dog, the highly prejudiced English nurse, the tutor, the butler, the robust sportsman Sir Maurice O'Sullivan, and others. A very pleasing little book is the result. The final sketch of little Lady "Ian's" self-possession in the presence of her formidable uncle, Lord Rollo, is especially delightful.