STORIES FOR GIRLS.
Miss BRENDA G lay rn 's pleasant and interesting story, Munition Mary (Humphrey Milford, Is. Ori. not), is concerned with a atubbom old employer who is reluctant to let women work in his munition factory, and with a cunning German woman who tries to stir up trouble in the factory by persuading the girls that their employer signals to Zeppelins, whereas it is she herself who shows the mys- terious lights. Miss Girvin is a shrewd observer of girlish nature. —The Pearl, by Miss G. Winifred Taylor (Oxford : Blackwell, Ils.), is a well-written and thoughtful story of a girl's schooldays and college life. The author's descriptions of Janet's Oxford experiences have the true local colour, and Janet's religious difficulties are treated simply and sensibly.—A School Camp Fire, by Mies Elsie Oxenham (W. and R. Chambers, 4s. net), is a lively and amusing story of a girls' school, which overflowed with fun and high spirits. —Miss Peter, by Miss May Baldwin (same publishers, 3s. 6d. net), is the story of a lonely young girl, living with her father in a country village, and of the young maid who tries to brighten her life. It is an attractive book.—Mrs. L. T. Meade's The Fairy Godmother (same publishers, 5s. net) is concerned with a delicate girl who is threatened with consumption, and who're school life is harassed with cares from which young people should be free. It is thus rather a doleful book.—Miss Flora Klickmann has written another charming book on country life entitled Between the Larch. Weeds atm the Weir (R.T.S., 6s.), which shows a keen appreciation both of Nature and of the oddities of mankind, especially rustic work- men and country servants. The author's kindly humour is irrepressible.—Young people should read Mies Monica M. Gard. nor's short and interesting book on Poland (A. and C. Black, Ia. net), in which she describes simply the life and habits of the people, and the cities of Warsaw, Cracow, and Posen. English readers know very little about the Poles, and this book deserves attention, for we cannot as a nation afford any longer to neglect Poland.
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