5 DECEMBER 1925, Page 32

A PLEASANTLY instructive book is a boon to parents tired

of reading aloud school stories in mild imitation of detective novels and impossible adventures with wild men and beasts in the Colonies. Really well-illustrated and entertaining papers upon " Historic Cities," " Great Oratorios " and " The Fascination of Bridges " should leave the children with food for their imaginations after the book is put away, and may stimulate the reader-aloud to add something from his or her own experience. The tone of the whole volume is religious, but not goody, and the illustrations are wonder-

fully attractive. -