3 NOVEMBER 1900, Page 8

A Door of Hope. By Annie L. Gee. (S.P.C.K. 2s.)—Eric,

the hero of this story, is a little Dane, who, by some chance, is left behind by his kinsfolk, and falls into the hands of an English family. Here he shows the fierce temper of his race, gets into trouble, flies from the consequences of his own passionate act, and so plunges himself into another stream of adventure. This brings him into contact with the great English King,—for this is 'a tale of the Danish Invasion in the Reign of King Alfred." It is something of a risk to introduce so majestic a figure into a story, so hard is it for the writer to ho equal to the subject, but Miss Gee has done her work with sufficient success.