20 JANUARY 1883, Page 22

Left Till Called For (Wells Gardner) is a very well

told, but also very pathetic story, by the author of "Honor Bright," of a child left at a railway station, who does a work of genuine civilisation among the rough men that frequent it before he is claimed. 'Unhappily, also, before this is done, the child meets with a fatal accident in try- ing to recover a dog he has become attachedlo, being struck down by an engine. There is humour, as well as pathos, in the tale ; and the illustrations, which are of the "outline " variety, are admirable.