The Clildren's Garden, and What They Made of It. By
Agnes and Maria K Catlow. Illustrated by Mrs. Harry °riddle. (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin.)—Some respect is due to a "little work" which is "dedi- cated by the Queen's gracious permission to Her Royal Highness the Prince Beatrice." We can only hope that Her Royal Highness has a
greater taste for didactic reading than is usual, for in a mild, ladylike way the Misses Catlow are very didactic. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton are a model papa and mamma, and their four children are model children, and they talk pretty. This, however, would hardly have been worth recording, if they had not talked pretty about gardening. So Mr. Hamilton very °ppm- timely takes a country house, and gives his children a garden of their own, where they grow everything that ever was known. This ob- viously gives a desired opportunity for going through all the gardening operations of the entire year, and for making all botanical distinctions, which are within the comprehension of children. All this part of the book is as good as can be, but the dialogue wants ease and nature.
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