4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 10

The Luck of Ledge Point. By Dorothea Moore. (Blackie and

Son. 2s. 6d.)—This story takes us back something more than a century to days when England was looking out for French invaders. The heroes are a pair of twins, a certain Sir Gabriel and his sister Elsie, and they do singular service for their county, and, indeed, for England. There is an obvious appropriateness to the present day, though there would have to be changes of characters if the parallel were to be made exact. But the point is that as English boys and girls were roused in those days to think of their country, so they must be, and indeed are, now. A very good story is this "Tale of 1805."