10 DECEMBER 1921, page 24

Stories For Boys.

MR. WALTER RHOADES has written an uncommonly good school story, In the Scrum (Milford, 6s. net). The small hero, Dick, has a very rough time when he goes to school, both with......

Gift-books.

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Ma. EDWARD Htrrros has written a pleasant book on The Pageant of Venice (Lane, 42s. net), tracing her history lightly through the ages and relating anecdotes......

Poises Wonurr Of Consideration.—england In The Eighteenth

written in rhymed couplets and printed in a way that recalls books of the period. Mr. Christie writes with discrimination of the Church, politics and manners. Perhaps he gets......

Stories For Small Children.

The Airplane Spider, by Gilbert Murray (Black, 2s. 6d. net), is a charming adaptation of Fabre's researches in the form of a story. The author makes the life of Laura, the......