2 DECEMBER 1922, Page 26

THE HAPPY ADVENTURERS. By Lady Middleton. (Blackie. Os. net.)

Lady Middleton has written a graceful story of a young girl who imagines herself back in the days when her mother was a- child. She has many adventures in South Australia

with her dream play-mates and kinsfolk of the generation before. Stated in this bald way, the plot may seem tiresome. It is, in fact, rendered most interesting by the author's sympathetic and skilful treatment of her theme.