5 DECEMBER 1908, Page 10

Robin of Sun Court. By Eleanor M. Stooke. (National Society.

ls.)—A well-written, pathetic little story, with vivid pictures of life in a Plymouth slum. In tales of this kind how far the writer may introduce the element of what for short we may call " conver- sion" is a difficulty. It must not be banished; to deny conversion is like denying Christianity; but it should be sparingly and dis- creetly employed, for, after all, it is uncommon. Miss Stooke hardly keeps within reasonable limits.