Man and Maid. By E. Nesbit. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Miss
Nesbit always writes with a facile and graceful pen, but her real forte is not iu short stories for grown-up people, but in stories for children. These tales, however, are all prettily written, and although they ominously number thirteen in the book before us, they all end in a manner entirely satisfactory to the good-natured reader. They may be recommended to people who want an excuse for occupation while sitting on the sands of the sea- shore. It must be acknowledged that "The Power of Darkness" and " The House of Silence" are capable of giving a thrill— especially the former story—but the thrill is not sufficiently vivid to be more than piquant. Of the other stories in the book, each of them will secure a pleasant quarter of an hour to any one who chances to take it up.
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