Kiss Netherby's Niece. By Alice M. Chesterton. (T. Nelson and
Sons. as. &L)—This book begins with an account of a prize dis-
tribution party at a London high school for girls, but it is chiefly concerned with the busy life led by a Cheerful family living in the country. Here the heroine learns all the domestic arts under the guidance of a knowledgeable uncle and aunt and some energetic cousins. They are a hard-working set of people who earn their living and do their own housework and gardening,
but in short intervals of leisure they manage to find time for a few other things, and several of the party are married by the end of the story. Miss Chesterton's style is lively, and her characters are well defined, and altogether this is a book that should be welcome to the schoolgirls for whom it is intended. It has some brightly coloured full-page illustrations.
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