5 NOVEMBER 1898, Page 28

The Troubles of Tatters, and other Stories. By Alice Talwin

Morris. (Bla.ckie and Son.)—These eight stories are pleasantly made up of sentiment and fun. Tatters,' who gives a title to the book, is a vagabond cur. In another story we have the disap- pointment of a Speckled Hen ; in a third the grievance that Widow Rabbit had against her next-door neighbour. As to the last, "The Poor Seagull and the Kind Lady," we would remark that seagulls are fonder of bread and milk and human belongings in general than one would think. English galls, anyhow, are

manifesting a decided preference for spending at least the winter in town.