19 OCTOBER 1895, Page 26

Gentle Jesus. By Helen E. Jackson. (Sunday School Union.)— This

"Life of Christ for Little Folks" seems to be carefully done, with a due regard for the capacities of the young readers for whom it is intended. One might, of course, criticise the order in which the events are narrated, but harmonists are often at variance with each other, and Miss Jackson has had doubtless good reasons in making her choice. The illustrations, by Mr. W. S. Stacey, are of the moderately realistic kind, and are decidedly effective.