29 MAY 1926, Page 19

The Religious Tract Society have published a charming book in

Friends of Field and Forest by Miss E. E. Helmc (7s. Cid.), with sixteen very attractive illustrations in colour by Miss Barbara Briggs. The Water Mole (" a nice clean little gentleman '") has a particularly good illustration and text, so also have Broe- k " the night hunter, and the Otter,, and the

Hedgehog. The author says she once had a Welsh terrier who • would carry a hedgehog in his mouth. This is a book for children : • we spent a happy hour with-it.