3 NOVEMBER 1900, Page 8

The Three Witches. By Mrs. Molesworth. (W. and R. Chambers.

3s..61)—Mrs. Molesworth's introductions are just a little too long. Even the" Great Wizard of the North" sometimes bores us—if it is not too audacious to say so—before he gets to his real

story. She should make her children a little less loquacious. They talk very well, it is true, but they talk too much. Apart from this, the story will be found sufficiently pleasing. The oldest "witch" of all is a specially attractive creature.