9 DECEMBER 1893, Page 23

Dr. Weedon's Waif. By K. Somers. (Digby, Long, and Co.)—

The " waif " is knocked down by a hansom and nursed by the occupant of it, who turns out to be a doctor. He turns over a new leaf and becomes a page, but being robbed by his dis- reputable grandmother of some re oney entrusted to him, he runs away and resumes his old life. Further we will not go into the story, which is perhaps one of hundreds, and will interest all who have a tender heart and wish to realise what the honest poor have to struggle with. Though there is a drunken grandmother in the story, she seldom appears, and we may recommend it to young readers without reserve.