4 DECEMBER 1897, Page 9

The Boys of Huntingley. By K. M. Eady and IL

Eady. (Andrew Melrose.)—This "Public School Story" is good of its kind. To draw a boy who shall neither be melodramatic nor priggish is not easy. The special moral of the story is the mischief of betting. And, indeed, if this passion gets into a school it is as bad as a plague. Of course, the advertising bettors do some harm ; but the real mischief is, in many cases, done at home.