KENSINGTON RHYMES

_By_ COMPTON MACKENZIE

_SATURDAY REVIEW:_

"These are particularly jolly rhymes, that any really good sort of

a chap, say a fellow of about ten, would like. Mr. J. R. Monsell's

pictures are exceptionally jolly too.... If we may judge by

ourselves, not only the children, but the grown-ups of the family

will be enchanted by this quite delightful and really first-rate

book."

_DAILY MAIL:_

"Among the picture-books of the season, pride of place must go to

Mr. Compton Mackenzie's 'Kensington Rhymes.' They are full of quiet

humour and delicate insight into the child-mind."

_OBSERVER:_

"Far the best rhymes of the year are 'Kensington Rhymes,' by

Compton Mackenzie, almost the best things of the kind since the

'Child's Garden of Verse.'"

_ATHENAEUM:_

"Will please children of all ages, and also contains much that will

not be read without a sympathetic smile by grown-ups possessed of a

sense of humour."

_TIMES:_

"The real gift of child poetry, sometimes almost with a

Stevensonian ring."

_OUTLOOK:_

"What Henley did for older Londoners, Mr. Compton Mackenzie and Mr.

Monsell have done for the younger generation."

_STANDARD:_

"Our hearts go out first to Mr. Compton Mackenzie's 'Kensington

Rhymes.'"

_SUNDAY TIMES:_

"Full of whimsical observation and genuine insight, 'Kensington

Rhymes' by Compton Mackenzie are certainly entertaining."

_EVENING STANDARD:_

"Something of the charm of Christina Rossetti's."

_VOTES FOR WOMEN:_

"They breathe the very conventional and stuffy air of Kensington.

... We are bound to say that the London child we tried it on liked

the book."