24 APRIL 1897, Page 11

course, it is Cinderella who is the kitchen-maid. Miss Guillemard

tells the familiar story in rhymed verse, which runs easily and smoothly enough. Some prose there is, but the greater part is

verse. But as the play is meant to be acted, and acted, presumably by children, is not the length a little beyond the limit of the judicious? The parts will have to be learnt, and this will be a serious task for unpractised memories. To learn as much for a lesson would be pronounced impossible. The illustrations are, for the most part, good.