5 NOVEMBER 1892, Page 10

Robin Redbreast. By Mrs. Moleswortb. (W. and R. Chambers.) —This

"story for girls," is excellently suited to the readers for whom it is intended. There is just a touch of romance in it, Old Lady Myrtle's love for Jacinth, granddaughter of another Jacinth, who had been the friend of her youth, and her aversion to the kinsfolk who had brought such trouble upon her house, combine to make a powerful situation. At the same time, Jacinth and her sister, the impulsive Frances, are well-drawn types of character, and there is an excellent lesson in the way in which the two bear themselves in the circumstances in which they have to meet. Little Eugene, though he plays no particular part in the story, is one of the charming little boys that Mrs. Molesworth knows so well how to draw.