GIFT - BOOKS.
STORIES FOR GIRLS.
READERS who are bewildered by the masses of new children's stories in the bookshops may be glad to have a few more hints as to the books which are worth buying. Chris and Some Others, by Winifred Darch (Milford, 5s. net), is a first-rate story of a girls' school ; the conversation is lifelike, and the little intrigues and mischievous pranks of the girls aro described with much spirit and hiunour.—The Thirteenth Orphan, by Christine Chauncller (Nisbet, 6s. net), is an amusing tale in which fairies came to the rescue of a much-troubled orphan girl at school. Sentiment and fun are pleasantly mingled.— The Treasure House, by Mary Bradford Whiting (Milford, 5s. net), is an agreeable story of a young girl who finds at last a missing paper of testamentary directions in the most obvious— or least obvious—of hiding-places. Tho simple plot is well contrived.—Reggy, Queenie, and Blot, by Mrs. Edith E. Onthell (Stanley Paul, 5s. net), is an exciting story of three children's experiences in the Indian Mutiny ; the author emphasires the fidelity of the native servants. —A Popular Schoolgirl, by Angela Brazil (Blackie, Os. net), is carefully written and distinctly amusing.—Three Adventurous School- girls, by Brenda Girvin (Milford, 5s. net), is concerned with a Highland mystery which is skilfully invented ; the three heroines play their part in detecting a clever gang of smugglers.— Sally Makes Good, by Bessie Marchant (Blackie, 48. 6d. net), is an unusual and interesting story of a young girl in Tasmania ; she is given a strange baby to hold in the first chapter, and the child plays an important part in the plot.—The Admiral's Daughter, by Margaret Stuart Lane (Milford, 5s. net), is a West Country romance of the days of James the Second ; it is well written and contains some exciting episodes.—For younger children we may commend Witch's Hollow, by A. W. Brook, illustrated by C. Folkard (Black, 7s. 6:I. net), which is a highly ingenious tale of an enchanted wood ; and The Little Grey Pedlar, by Newman Harding (Blackie, Se. 6d. net), a pleasant story of two children who wander away to the gnomes' kitchen and have to be rescued by their parents.
Previous page
