7 DECEMBER 1907, Page 8

The Little Guest. By Mrs. Molesworth. (Macmillan and Co. 4s.

6d.)—This is one of the books which a child is more likely to appreciate than a "grown-up." We know that Tom is jealous, and going to be disagreeable and mischievous, and then be brought to a better mind. We have seen the same thing many times before. The child reader has probably not seen it, and would probably be just as much interested if he or she had. Children cannot hear a good story too often, and a good story it is sure to be if Mrs. Molesworth tells it.—Cousin Re; by Evelyn Gruggen (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 2s.), is constructed on somewhat similar lines. Rex comes back from India a spoilt child, and brings trouble upon his kinsfolk, and, it is to be hoped, learns by what they suffer, and by what he suffers himself, to do better.