Miss Mouse and her Boys. By Mrs. Molosworth. (Macmillan and
Co.)—" Miss Mouse," really named Rosamond, is the child of parents who are living in India, and comes to stay with the five Harvey boys. Our readers know bow Mrs. Molesworth deals with a subject of this kind. It suits her powers exactly. No one can describe child life better. The five boys are cleverly differentiated, and Miss Mouse clearly shows that, in one way or another, they are "her boys." Then she has humbler friends, Nance and Bob. There is an agitating adventure, which does not end too badly, and so we reach the end of a very pleasant little story. The illustrator, L. Leslie Brooke, has done his or her part welL Special praise is due to the way in which the diffi- culties of the " skeleton " dress, the most hideous garb ever invented for boys, have been overcome.
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