19 DECEMBER 1896, Page 23

The Palace on the Moor. By E. Davenport Adams. (E.

Arnold.) —The hero of this story is a somewhat weakly and "coddled" Anglo-Indian boy who is sent home to his grandparents in• England. The other small boys and girls find their Indian brother scarcely up to the mark of country life, and tease him a good deal. However, he turns out a real hero at the lest, and a thorough little gentleman. The dialogue of the several children, their various plans and secrets, and contempt for the weakling, are described with much truth and knowledge of children, as we might cupect from the several stories of the writer. Children will take a great interest in Aylmer, and rejoice, we are sure, when the strength of his character is revealed at last.