3 DECEMBER 1910, Page 68

The Probationer. By A. M. Irvine. (S. W. Partridge and

Co. 2s. 6d.)—A young woman, who has been somewhat spoilt at home, makes up her mind to be useless no longer, and enters herself as a probationer nurse at a hospital. Here we have the story of her trials and difficulties. This story is not without a certain appear- ance of affectation. When every one was thinking so well of her, would she have thought so ill of herself ? "She is quite the most promising pro. I have ever had in the ward," says the Sister; and the "pro." is on the point of going home ! But the picture of hospital life is good. On the other hand, the love-making might have been dispensed with.