In the series of "The Children's Heroes" (T. C. and
E. C. Jack, Is. and is. 6d. net) we have The Story of Napoleon, by H. E. Marshall. The story is well and fairly told, but we must own that to a child asking whether Napoleon was a 'true hero" we should have made a more decisive answer than Mrs. Marshall gives. Surely, in view of the murder of the Due d'Enghien, to speak of one crime only, only one answer is possible.—From the same publishers' series "Shown to the Children" we have The Farm, Described by Foster Meadow (29. 6d.) Horses, cattle, sheep, poultry, sowing and reaping green crops, the making of haystacks and cornricks, these and many other things are described. We see the "fox" among the "farmer's enemies." Is he so ? The farmer gets paid for the poultry which he steals, and indirectly he raises the prices of various things which the farmer sells. A number of excellent pictures by F. M. B. and A. H. Blaikie illustrate the book.
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