24 JANUARY 1880, Page 24

Corner-Town Chronicles : New Legends of Old Lore. By Kathleen

Knox. (Griffith and Farran.)—Here we have some prettily told fairy

tales, or rather allegories. Allegories are commonly somewhat hard to understand ; and in these, though their drift is plain enough, it would not be easy to assign to each incident its corresponding reality.

But children will read them, without troubling themselves about the interpretation, and not only be pleased, but also take in some lessons of charity and faith.