26 DECEMBER 1885, Page 22

"Us Three," by "E. A. B. D." (Shaw and Co.),

is a simple tale of very humble life, which will probably be beat appreciated by reading of a similar class. Several of the inoidents are interesting and skil- fully handled. A weak and defective morality—so often to be found in this class of books—would leave, as in chapter xii., no place in humanity for the exercise of just anger. The spirit of the tale (190 pages) is otherwise wholesomely moral and religious. On the death of the little dog, one of the "three," his mistress remarks, "He wasn't like a dog, he was a deal more like a human bein' than many a one has bin to us." The three full-page illustrations will be appre- ciated by the youthful reader.