STORIES FOR GIRLS.
Mother and Dad and the Rest of Us, being the first book of Archie Fairfax (Blackie, 6s. net), is a pleasant domestic fairy- tale, purporting to be told by a boy of twelve. The long-lost uncle appears in due course with plenty of money to restore the family fortunes. There is much quiet humour in this story. —The Bight Kind of Girl, by Dorothea Moore (Nisbet, Os. net), is an attractive and amusing tale of a new girl at a boarding- school, whore she is continually getting into scrapes. She contrives to keep her pet kitten, and at the end this kitten plays a decisive part in an adventure. Miss Moore writes well, and her girls are very natural.—The Taming of Tannin, by Dime Stuart (Harrap, Os. net), is the story of a spoilt and selfish child who playa trick' on her governess and is the indirect cause of the governess contracting a serious illness. In the end Tamzin is reformed. It is an agreeable book.—The School Torment, by Elsie Jeannette Oxenham (Chambers, 6s. net), relates the experiences of a little girl who with two other girls finds herself at a boys' preparatory school. The boys, it must be said, show commendable kindness to the girls, who share their cricket and their feasts.—Winifred Avon, by Mabel Marlowe (Harrap, 6s. net), is a lively and dramatic story of a girls' school ; the usual little quarrels and intrigues are described with humour and sympathy.—Another good story is The Merry Five and Toronto, by Edna Lake (Chambers, as. net), in which the search for a lost father is the central incident.
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