5 DECEMBER 1908, Page 11

Nathalie's Chum. By Anna Chapin Ray. (Henry Frowde and Hodder

and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—Harry Arterburn, upon whom has devolved the maintenance of his brothers and sisters, under- takes the tutoring of an idle, spoilt youth. The task seems to be beyond him, when the intimacy of the respective families and Nathalie's influence—she is a spirited girl of sixteen—indicate how the problem may be solved. Nathalie's fine frank character is well drawn, and so is that of Kingsley Barrett, the pupil, a young fellow with parts and some good points, but somewhat of a mob. It is wholesome, lively reading for girls, and the young people in it are certainly true to life.