life, with its villains and heroes drawn by an able
hand. We have, perhaps, too much villainy ; and though we do not for a moment suggest that a boy like Baldron does not exist, for the purposes of fiction it is advisable to draw a veil over some of his
dark deeds. The two other bad boys are quite sufficient in them- selves to pose as a contrast to the good ones. However, we forgive Mr. Finnemore for these unpleasant creations on account of the knowledge and insight he shows into schoolboy character. His descriptions of the cricket and football matches will win any boy's heart, and his reproduction of the atmosphere of the playground is most successful. It is a rousing and a readable story, and paints boys as they are, and not as we try to fancy them,—good little men ; still, whatever they are, the material out of which we make the best all-round men in the world.
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