26 DECEMBER 1885, Page 23

Winning the Victory. By Evelyn Everett-Green. (Nelson and Sons.)—Di Pennington—"

Di Pennington's Reward" is the second title of this tale—is a girl who conquers certain faults in herself, sad in conquering them helve others to the same victory. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols," is the precept which she proposes to herself as the guide of her conduct ; and, taking it in a rational sense—for it is often taken in a sense that is not rational— she makes it a really useful guide of life. This is a good story of its kind, the character of the two sisters, the solid though careless-seeming Di, and the shallow, self-satisfied Grace, being particularly well contrasted.