23 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 25

so effective, the story of a child who is very

unhappy at schooL She is of the temper of the cat that does not purr when it is stroked, the dog that does not cry out when it is beaten. Gertrude Le 3farchant is an excellent study, very close, we should say, to nature. The title of the book comes from one of the strange imaginings with which Mrs. Molesworth likes to light up the realities of life.