MY DEAR BARON,--Let me recommend to your favourable notice, and to
that of your readers, "_Stories told at Twilight_," by Mrs. CHANDLER
MOULTON, the American poetess, who has demonstrated how deftly she can
touch the lyre, and shows what a clever storyteller she can be. These
are not ghost-stories as one might imagine, but tales for children,
told with so much grace and feeling that they will also secure a large
audience among children of a larger growth.
Also look at _Old Time Punishments_, by Mr. WILLIAM ANDREWS, who gives
an exhaustive account of ancient punishments, copiously illustrated,
and so graphically described, that he makes us congratulate ourselves
in not having flourished in the olden times, or we might have become
practical illustrations of the discipline of our forefathers. How are
you getting along with GEORGE MEREDITH's _One of Our Conquerors_?
Yours,