Redcoat Captain. By Alfred 011ivant. (John Murray. 6s.)— The author
of that wonderful story, " Owd Bob," here gives us an imaginative tale for young children in which the characters act and talk fantastically, with that atmosphere of exaggeration and fanciful phrasing which children are partial to, and which is most happily caught by the author. The illustrations are excellent, and some attain a very high level. We presume they are wood- cuts, and we heartily welcome the appearance of however small an instalment of the genuine art. It is a pleasure to look at Mr. Graham Robertson's cuts, so full of character and imagination.
Miss Lorimer of Chard. By E. Everett-Green. (Andrew Melrose. 5s.)—The story of Frances Lorimer is to all intents and purposes a novel, and a very readable one.' Miss Lorimer earns her living —she only possesses a "pittance of ninety pounds a year "—and by and by a namesake dies and leaves her an estate. Miss Everett-Green has drawn her heroine and Paul Ackroyd with her customary skill, and, but for the almost deplorably sad ending, has made a very pleasant study of character. Paul, the artist," is a very good portrait. The greater part of the story follows the heroine's removal to Chard. It has the prolixity, but also the graceful and good English, we associate with the author. It is essentially the work of a writer with a keen observation of character and refined, if not very wide, sympathies. Young girls would do well to absorb some of the delicacy and cultivated style with which so trustworthy a writer develops her plot and situations.
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