The Rouse of Surprises. By L. T. Meade. (Hatchards.)—Mrs. Meade
tells, in the charming way that is familiar to her readers, the story of four children. There is Christabel, a very good girl, and Phil, one of those naughty boys whom we are always glad to make acquaintance with in books, and Sybil, a very promising young person, and Gillie, a young gentleman who develops a quite un- -expected amount of character. We shall not attempt to give any account of their adventures. These certainly are of the romantic kind. In an ordinary story we might suggest that to hand over the teaching of two pairs of children to "Dame Experience" is a hazardous experiment. When Master Gallo mounts on Rough '—his first adventure on horseback—and is started off at lull gallop by a stone from his brother Phil's hand, Dame Ex- perience did nothing to prevent his having his neck broken. But " all's well that ends well." The children are satisfied all round, and we get a well-told story of which even elder readers will be anxious to know the end.
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