5 NOVEMBER 1904, Page 8

The Girls_ of Cromer Hall. By Raymond Jacberns. (T. Nelson

and Sons. 2s.)—The story of Betty opens somewhat tragically; the very first chapter is entitled "Expelled." And when we come to look at the illustration, intended, we presume, to throw light upon the text, we see a child who may, at the outside, have been as much as six. But all this first part might very well have been spared. The school from which this mite was " expelled" was not Cromer Hall. She is entered there after- wards, and, we are glad to see, prospers more. It is a lively tale, and the frontispiece which we have criticised does not do it justice.