18 JANUARY 1890, Page 23

Folly: a New - Fashioned Girl. By L. T. Meade. (Cassell and

Co.)—This is a clever and entertaining story, with plenty of fun and seriousness in it. Polly is a young lady with a very con- siderable amount of self-confidence ; and the results that follow, as when the good-humoured doctor hands over the housekeeping to her for a week's trial, are exceedingly amusing—when one reads of them. And all the heroine's adventures and experiences, as well as those of the family to which she belongs, make excellent reading. A young critic, whose opinion is possibly of more value than that of a reviewer who has been busy with " gift-books " for more than two months, is quite enthusiastic in her praise of Polly.