3 NOVEMBER 1900, Page 8

Brownie. By the Author of "Probable Sons." (Hodder and Stoughton.

23.)—This is a capital story of child life. " Brownie "

the impulsive, the somewhat stolid " Buffy," who is her special charge, and the romantic Angelo are excellent figures. We have called Angelo 'romantic," but he is something more. His

simple faith in a Divine Helper is very touching, and the prac- tical test to which it is put when he makes his way home—he has been kidnapped by an impresario for the sake of his voice—is a very effective part of the story.