The Railway Children. By E. Nesbit. Illustrated by C. E.
Brock. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co. 6s.)—We can thoroughly recommend The Railway Children as an excellent story. They were delightful little people, who lived in the suburbs of London; but when their father was wrongfully accused of some crime and imprisoned, their mother took them to live in a cottage near a railway in the country, and then all sorts of wonderful things began to happen. The mother, whose character is charmingly drawn, had to work hard to earn money by writing stories, so the children were left a good deal to them- selves. And the railway was a perpetual joy and excitement to them. Once they arranged a great birthday treat for Perks, the porter; another time they rescued a boy who had broken his leg in a tunnel. But they were also thoroughly human children, and their little squabbles and reconciliations, their fresh young way of looking at life, and their infectious good spirits make the book a very readable one ; and we are glad to say that it ends happily with the father's return.
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