WHAT DOES IT MATTER ? By J. M. Stuart-Young. (Daniel.
7s. 6d.)—This is a sequel to Johnny Jones, Guttersnipe, and follows the hero's adventures as a youth in Manchester and elsewhere during the period culminating in the Boer War. Sensitive, reflective, musical, Johnny's temperament is in sharp contrast to his sordid environment, and a period of imprisonment, due to his stealing money to help his suffering mother, adds to his misery. But, largely through the love and understanding of a middle-aged woman, whose unusual but convincing cnaracter is well presented, he passes through bitternesS - to faith- and hope. We leave him in South Africa, and -ii final hint suggests that the next instalment of his histOrY_ will find him married to the cousin who figures in thepresent book-and with his feet securely on the ladder of success. Mr. StUart-Young gives us little plot. But as a slice of real life his story is uncommonly vivid, and he displays `Spiritual insight and sincerity._
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