Cecil, the Boy who Stood Between. By M. M. Butler.
(J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Cecil, the little hero of this story, has been com- manded by his dying grandfather to repair a wrong, but what the wrong is, he is not told. He is left alone in a great house, which belongs to him, with no companions, and he broods over the un- known wrong. At last he becomes aware of the fact that he has an uncle living, a twin-brother of his dead father, who was cut off with the proverbial shilling. He goes to visit his uncle and cousins and aunt, is lost in the streets on his way back from seeing a solicitor, and at last is found. Finally, they all live together at the old house. It is a pretty story, and children will be in- terested in the little baronet who is so determined to do right, and perhaps forget how much Cecil is made to think beyond his years. Cecil is a good character, though we wish he had not been burdened by the author with such an overwhelming sense of his duty ; it is putting too much upon one poor boy ; he is made un- naturally old by it.
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