Kitten's Goblins. By Mrs. Duncan Davidson of Tulloch. (Field and
Tuer.)—This is an account of the mythical experiences of a girl named Kitten, a funny little child, with small, sad face and large eyes, who is in the habit of wandering about quite alone, in a shabby coat and vest, and with a stick nearly as big as herself, talking to cows and pigs as if they were human beings. Here we have an account of her visit to the -Fire-King's country, and of her adventures with the water-goblin, the air-goblin, the earth-goblin, the twelve dwarfs, the water-rabbits, and what not.
Some of the scenes in the story are genuinely comic, such as that in which Kitten frightens away what seems a whole battalion of enemies, simply by ejaculating," Water ;" and the illustrations are full of humour. It is just possible that some of the allusions in this book will be beyond the depth of very young children ; but, otherwise, it is one of the best of the gift-books of its kind that have ever been published.
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