Scotland's Story : a Child's History of Scotland, by H.
.E. Marshall (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 7s. 6d. net), is a handsome-looking book, both without and within, and in every way, we should say, well adapted for its purpose. The language is suited for children, without being childish, and the illustrations, which are coloured —and colour goes a long way with the public for which they are intended—are of good quality. These are the work of Messrs. J. C. Skelton, John Hassan. J. Shaw Crompton, and A. S. Forrest. —With this may be mentioned True Rimances of Scotland, by E. Maxtons Graham and T. S. Paterson (Blackie and Son, 6s. net). This also is a book meant for children, but of a more advanced age. Some of the subjects we should have been inclined to pass over. It would have been hard to leave out Mary Queen of Scots; but to tell her story with anything like completeness is a task for which no common tact would be required, especially if readers on both sides of the Border are to be considered. On Robert Bruce we may all agree, and may read, without agreeing, about Montrose and Argy11.—Pive Minutes' Stories (R. H. Allenson, 5s.) is a book for the younger sort; its subjects are domestic, and they seem likely to succeed in pleasing, while they are within their imposed limit.
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