6 DECEMBER 1890, Page 12

Rosebud. By Mrs. Adams Acton (Jeanie Hering). (Routledge and Sons.)—No

one who had the supreme good-fortune to possess such a child as Rosebud need despair, however great the troubles into which he might be plunged. She is a most delightful little creature, making friends wherever she goes, comforting her own people when they are depressed, making sick people rouse them- selves and take a turn for the better, and finally bringing about a reconciliation after a fierce family quarrel. This brief notice must not be taken as an adequate estimate of the merits of Rosebud.