Talks to Girls. By "One of Themselves." " On the
Difficulties, Duties, and Joys of a Girl's Life." (S.P.C.K )—This is a most ex- cellent little volume, just what a girl would gladly read, and which could not fail to be of the greatest use to her at a time when she often needs help, and is afraid to ask for it. In many cases she has no one to ask. Few realise the difficulties of girls' lives. As the author says :—" It is a time, in many cases, during which a girl is a trial both to herself and to her friends ; because her aspirations and ideas are then forming themselves, trying to grow in the midst of a new life which is sometimes a very sad as well as a very happy one." We desire most highly to recommend these papers, perhaps chiefly for girls of the upper-middle class. They are simple and thoroughly practical, especially in their free and fearless treatment of real difficulties and dangers chiefly known only to girls themselves.
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