2 DECEMBER 1922, Page 26

Romances of the Wild, by H. Mortimer Batten (Blackie and

Son, 10s. 6d. net), Wild Kindred, by Jean M. Thompson (Jonathan Cape, Os. net), and More Nature Stories, by Waddingham Seers (Harrap, 4s. 6d. net), are all well-told stories of wild animals in England and America. They are told from the animal's point of view, which is good, because it awakens boys' imaginations to the feelings of their dumb kindred. But would a fox-cub born in May be able in the autumn to fight a large dog ? This occurs in Romances of the Wild.