Adventures in Hiveland. By Frank Stevens. (Hutchinson and Co. 3s.
6d.)—Mr. Stevens has given us in Adventures in Hiveland a very pleasantly written little book treating of the life of the bee. The author has sought by means of a fairy-tale to make his subject interesting to small readers, and we feel sure he will suoceed. Children cannot fail to enjoy the adventures of Jackie and Vi, and at the same time they will gain a considerable acquaintance with that wonderful little world within the hive. We have but one adverse criticism to make,—the chapter dealing with the destruction of the old queen and the young princesses seems quite unnecessarily detailed. Surely it is not so important, and it does not make pleasant. reading.—In " Wee Tim'rous Beasties," by Douglas English (W. H. Bousfield and Co., 5s. net), we have the maxim "put yourself in his place" applied to a variety of creatures of which man, for the most part, sees much more than he knows. First we have the story of the mouse, then of the field vole, then the apology of the house sparrow, who is, indeed, sadly in want of an advocate. Other animals follow. No one who reads the book can fail to be interested, and, we may add with confidence, bettered by it. The volume is copiously illus- trated with photographs taken from life.
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