29 DECEMBER 1906, Page 25

In the series of "The Children's Heroes" (T. C. and

E. C. Jack, is. 6d. net) we have The Story of Robert Bruce, by Jeanie Lang. The balance is very fairly held between Englishman and Scot. King Edward's claim to be a wise and great King is duly allowed, while praise is given to the Scottish patriots.—In "Shown to the Children" (same publishers, 2s. 6d. net) wo have Birds, by M. K. C. Scott and J. A. Henderson. The pictures, of which there are forty-eight, are effective in outline and colour. Perhaps it might have been as well to make the book more complete. It would have been interesting to see the rod-legged partridge side by side with his native rival. The rod-legged is so common a bird that he requires some notice. We miss, too, the black-game, the crow, and the raven.