MEMOIRS OF A CHILD.
Memoirs of a Child. By Annie Steger Winston. (Longmans and Co. 2s.).—"Nothing in particular happened to her; she did nothing at all remarkable ; and not even any especially sparkling gems of infantile wit and wisdom remain to her credit. The thoughts and feelings which were hers find their analogues, I think, in the minds of all children; else it would not have seemed at all worth while to consider them even thus slightly." In short, this little book of considerably less than two hundred pages is a Stevensonian, yet strictly feminine, and apparently also intensely American, study of the habits, moods, and imaginings of a bright child. Both the comedy and the tragedy of the story have un- doubtedly the air of reality. We should say, however, that the tragedy is not very formidable, positively at least. On one occasion the child saw the moon arise from the porch of a house in the country, and more suo established a proprietary right in it by screaming "My moon ! my moon!" "Just then the door opened and the master of the house came out and hushed the child unsmilingly, reminding her that one of the family was ill. This was a crushing humiliation never to be forgotten." The little book is especially valuable as a careful study in educadion through the natural processes of evolution.
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