4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 10

Nathalie's Sister. By Anna Chapin Ray. (H. Frowde and Hodder

and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—Nathalie, whom some of our readers will probably remember, is the wife of Dr. McAlister Holden. Harry Arterburn, her brother, who misses her com- panionship very much, causes the youngest of the family, Peggy by name, to come on a long visit, and Peggy is something of a square "peg" in a round hole. This is the situation at the opening of the story. It affords opportunities of which Miss Ray makes excellent use. The visitor, helped by Sophia Smith,' who is a very destructive staghound, makes things "hum" in a very entertaining fashion. There is just the right admixture of the serious.