30 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 25

Mermaidens. By Sarah Tytler. (R.T S.)—The number of stories that

relate the life of three sisters on board a man-o'-war is not many, and our young readers will probably find in the seafaring life of Sally, Jane, and Caroline, something quite new to them ; moreover, the time when the Admiral took his family to sea with him, is now past. But, apart from this, the narrative is fresh and fascinating, and not without many moving incidents. Sarah Tytler writes in the first person, and the plan lends itself well to a style somewhat full and abounding in detail. It is a capital story for girls of all ages, and in no way inferior to the best efforts of our authoress, and describes a life that must be unknown to the vast majority of girls.