15 NOVEMBER 1902, Page 9

Aunt Abby's Neighbours. By Annie Trumbull Slosson. (F. H. Revell.

2s. 6d.) —Aunt Abby is a practical Christian who lived somewhere in the States, and her conversations on such subjects as sects, charity, and friendship take up a chapter each. The sameness and even flow of Aunt Abby's talk has a certain by no means unpleasing monotony—we seem to hear her speaking—and there is much kindly wisdom and large-hearted- nese in her views of life. A quiet humour pervades her descrip- tions, especially in her essay on "Tithes," when she made frantic efforts to " tithe " a huckleberry pie. If these chapters were read aloud well, listeners of all ages would appreciate the skilful touch, the pathos, and the feminine insight we associate naturally with the name of Annie Slosson.