2 DECEMBER 1922, Page 51

CHRISTMAS ANNUALS.

Time Empire Annual for Girls contains some very good stories about just the pleasant, lively young people whom it is a pleasure to meet in everyday life, and who are so charmingly ready to be on good terms with an older generation. School life and the world of adventure are about equally represented in this volume, and the reader will spend a pleasant time in this exhilarating company. To any "grown-up" who may dread losing touch with the rising generation we offer this advice, "Read these stories before you give the book to your young niece or cousin, and you will get both pleasure and instruction from it." There are also "topical articles on sport and travel, and instructive papers for the practical girl." The illustrations are rather inferior.