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The Gold Kloof. By H. A. Bryden. (t. Nelson And

Sons. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Bryden gives us a healthy romance of an English schoolboy whom circumstances compel to join his uncle in Bechuanaland. Then comes the search for the " gold......

The Heart Of Una Sackville. By Mrs. George De Horne

Vaizey. (S. W. Partridge. 2s. 6d.)—Una Sackville leaves school on p. 1, and on p. 330 describes herself as unspeakably happy because a certain Will clasps her hand in his and......

Hunter's Marjory. By Mrs. Bruce Clarke. (t. Nelson And Sons.

2s. 6d.)—A pleasantly written story of a girl who grows up half- way through her teens before the knowledge of her father's exist- ence comes home to her. There is no incident......

A Pair Of Red Polls. By Mabel Quiller-couch. (t. C.

and E. C. Jack. 2s.)—The title of this story for girls alludes, as may bo supposed, to the colour of their hair. The boy and girl are nice children, and the grandparents all......

Life, With Its Villains And Heroes Drawn By An Able

hand. We have, perhaps, too much villainy ; and though we do not for a moment suggest that a boy like Baldron does not exist, for the purposes of fiction it is advisable to draw......

The White Feather. By P. G. Wodehouse. (a. And C.

Black. 3s. 6d.)—The hero of this vigorous and lively school story shows the " white feather" early in the narrative, but redeems his character triumphantly. This climax is......

Comrades In Camp And Bungalow. By E. E. Cuthell. (wells

Gardner, Darton, and Co. ls. 6d.)—These incidents of Anglo- Indian life are told for children in a simple style, conveying, however, some interesting facts concerning Indian......

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......

The Adventures Of A Dodo. By G. E. Farrow. (t.

Fisher Unwin. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Farrow has found a new kind of extrava- ganza wherewith to please young readers. The humour mainly lies in the quaint contrasts between the old and......

Tales Of Greyhouse. By R. S. Warren Bell. (a. And

C. Black. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Warren Bell knows boys and schools, and how to pitch a school story in the right key, to give us plenty of stirring episodes—a rebellion, a fire, and what......

May Be Pleased To Know That The Scene Is Laid

in more interesting localities than a school,—an old mill, a sailing-ship, and in the open country. The boys are real boys, and talk and act like boys. There is the mystery of a......

In A Deep - Water Ship. By Ernest Richards. (andrew...

6d. net.)—This account of an apprentice's first voyage in a clipper, though not told with the freedom and swing we look for from its author, is a true and unmistakable story of......

Redcoat Captain. By Alfred 011ivant. (john Murray. 6s.)—...

of that wonderful story, " Owd Bob," here gives us an imaginative tale for young children in which the characters act and talk fantastically, with that atmosphere of......