4 JANUARY 1890, Page 33

In a Strange Land. By "Ursula." (Parker and Co.)---There is

something in this story that reminds us of Charles Dickens's Christmas books. Elsie goes into fairy-land and sees, by fairy help, a number of mirrors of human life. The book is prettily written, but "Ursula" has not remembered that, according to all authorities, the fairies were godless creatures.