3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 29

Esther's Charge. By E. Everett-Green. (T. Nelson and Sons.) —Here

we have the old subject, troublesome boys or girls suddenly imported into a quiet family, and more than justifying all the apprehensions that have been felt for the future. It has turned up already more than once in this season's books. Here it is treated with some freshness, and indeed it does as well as any, and a great deal better than some, as a theme for an amusing story which may also possibly instruct.