The Children of Dean's Court. By Emma Marshall. (John F.
Shaw and Co.)—This is a thoroughly well-intentioned but very prolix and long. drawn-out story of two girls,—Nan, known in her own circle ae " Ladybird." and her capricious but not at all bad-hearted companion Anastasia, who world, in all probability, have got on much better in the portion of her life which is here presented, if if she had had a less selfish mother to bring her up. The most sensational of the incidents that mark this story of child-life is an accident that all but ends in the death of Nan, and which Anastasia might have avoided. The horrified Anastasia runs away, and in turn almost dies of rheumatic fever. But she re- covers, and all ends well. Mrs. Tryon, the selfish mother, is the best sketch—but the least amiable or likeable character—in a somewhat disappointing book.
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