Originally published as ‘Sussex Stories.’ Very lifelike, and two at least can be read with admirable effect—namely, ‘Fairy Gold’ and another bringing in the accident to the London steamboat ‘Princess Alice.’ The others have been tried, but do not seem as well liked. Perhaps they are too wordy. =600. Pictures of Cottage Life.= By M. POOLE. (Macmillan) 3_s._ 6_d._ These are thoroughly delightful. There is an old woman with what she thinks is a skeleton warning in her eye, also a deserted wife and an adopted child, who all are completely real and as touching as they are quaint. =601. The Cottage Next Door.= By HELEN SHIPTON. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ The taming of a rough lad through the helplessness of the pretty little silly wife and babies whom his brute of a brother abandons for a while. =602. True Gold.= (Church Extension Society) 2_s._ A family at the gold-diggings, where the wife realises more at last by making ginger-beer than the husband by all his find of nuggets, and her faithful uprightness and industry are the saving of all. =603. Harry’s Discipline.= By LAURA LANE. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._ A good-natured careless young railway porter neglects his mother till she is almost starved. The lesson is chiefly meant for the sons, but it deeply affects the mothers, and is a warning to them not to spoil their boys. =604. The Lion Battalion.= Story 2. (See No. 21.) =605. Little Meg’s Children.= (See No. 49.) =606. Scenes in a Children’s Hospital.= By L. BURKE. (R.T.S.) 1_s._ Interests the mothers greatly. =607. Wee Willie Winkie.= (Cassell) 1_s._ 6_d._ The beginning, being an old fisherman’s difficulties with a baby rescued from a wreck, is much enjoyed. The latter part is neither so natural nor so effective. =608. What a Man Soweth.= By G. STEBBING. (Nisbet) 3_s._ 6_d._ A boy perverted by his mother laughing at small pilferings. The conclusion is improbably happy, but the tale is excellent. =609. The Storm of Life.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 1_s._ 6_d._ A painful but very effective story of a poor woman just out of prison striving to redeem her character and save her little girl from her wicked husband. The only flaw in the book is the disregard of baptism for a babe only born to die. =610. An Innocent.= By S. M. SITWELL. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._ Here a little half-witted girl is the good angel of her rough, careless parents. The people are very naturally drawn. =611. The Watchers on the Longships.= By J. F. COBB. (Wells Gardner, Darton, & Co.) 3_s._ 6_d._ A lighthouse story. Very welcome on the coast, where a woman has been known to lie awake thinking of it. =612. My Little Patient.= (Masters) 6_d._ Supposed to be told by a doctor. Full of pathos, which touches mothers more than it does children. =613. Copsley Annals.= By Miss ELLIOT. (Seeley) 5_s._ A delightful book for all ages. Perhaps the best for mothers is the tale that has been published separately under the title of =614. Mrs. Blackett’s Story.= 1_s._