1 JUNE 1901, Page 24

From an Invalid's Window. By Nettie Travers. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—The

first part of this little book will probably be the chief favourite. Miss Travers's stories of her "feathered friends" are really delightful, only there is always the more or less tragical end. One thing she makes us feel very strongly, the " personality " of the birds ; these little creatures differ marvellously from each other in disposition and temper. The rest of the book is more directly didactic ; here also there will be found no common charm. The "invalid" sees steadily from her "window" not a few things, many things which we are apt in the hurry of life to pass over with a careless and hasty glance.