25 AUGUST 1906, Page 22

Dearloue. By Frances Campbell. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—Mrs. Campbell's writing

possesses a charm of its own, which is very well brought out in the story of " Dearlove's Summer of Makebelieve." The captions reader will, however, not quite see why Dearlove's relations should all be members of the Peerage. There is no point in their being placed on these social heights, and the reader has an uncomfortable feeling that it spoils the simplicity of the story. The little pictures of Guernsey and the descriptions of the excursions and picnics there are charmingly done, and the figure of Reggie the cripple is touched with great tenderness and poetry. Readers who like a series of charming sketches with a delicate thread of plot connecting them are Cordially recommended to send for Dearlove.