27 JULY 1895, Page 25

Shireen and his Friends. By Gordon Stables, M.D. (Jarrold and

Sons.)—Dr. Stables wrote, some little time ago, the piteous story of a show-dog. He takes up the same theme again, though this time it is an episode rather than the main story. Shireen and his companions are delightful creatures—real, too, we are willing and glad to believe, on Dr. Stables's assurance—and we are very glad to make their acquaintance. We learn a good many things besides matters of cat, cockatoo, and dog life from them. Best of all, no one can possibly read this book, written from out