27 AUGUST 1898, Page 25

A Owl in the Spring - time. By Mrs. Henry Ma.nsergh. (Blackie

and Son.)—Here we have an example of a cloud with a silver, not to say a golden, lining. If Mildred Moore had, not been prevented from going home for the holidays, she would not have had the manifold opportunities which came in her way of showing what was in her. This is a pretty and decidedly readable story.