22 DECEMBER 1923, Page 20

SONGS FOR BOYS. By Boys of Throston SehooL (Printed by

F. W. Mason, Hartlepool. 6d. net.) This is a collection of 105 poems, produced by an entire class of 40 boys in standard V. at Throston Boys' School, Hartlepool, (Continued on page 1002.)

whose average age is about eleven. It is the result of a year's experiment in teaching English literature by new methods— an experiment of which the book is a remarkable justification. The themes given to these youthful poets for treatment are all of the simplest : " Winter," " The Wind," " I Love," " If," and such like. The results arc interesting, and in many cases very charming. The Dean of Durham contributes a preface.