elling of a tale of wonder which begins with an ordinary thing is
again evident. Nip and Flip, aged six and four respectively, are the
adventurers; and they make three voyages in this little book. In the
first, _The Fourpenny-Ha'penny Ship_, they circumnavigate the world.
Now please note how Mr Goring strikes the right note at the very
outset:

"Nip and Flip
Took a holiday trip
On a beautiful fourpenny-ha'penny ship
With a dear little handkerchief sail;
And they sang, 'Yo ho!
We shall certainly go
To the end of the world and back, you know,
And capture the great Seakale.'"

[15] _Nip and Flip._ By Jack Goring. Illustrated by Caterina
Patricchio. 1s. net (postage 1+1/2d.). C.W. Daniel, Ltd., 3 Tudor Street,
London, E.C.

And there follows a picture (in black and gold) of this strange
monster, just to make sure that no one will suppose they were out
after a vegetable.

The tale moves along, as such stories should, very rapidly. Thus--

"And when they came to the end of the world,
Their dear little handkerchief sail they furled
And put on the kettle for tea."

But you have only just time to look at the tea things when--

"But alas! and alack
About six o'clock
The good ship strack
On the Almond Rock
And split like a little split pea."

So the story goes on, through divers adventures,

"From Timbuctoo to Timbucthree"

and so at last home again.

The next voyage is to the land of Make-Believe on a Christmas Eve, "in
a long, long train of thought." In the course of this tale we are
given a little picture of Flip herself, and here it is for you to look
at. Only, in the book her shoes and stockings, the inside of her
skirt, and the squiggly things on the top of her head are a bright
golden colour.

[Illustration]

The third voyage is all the fault of a toy monkey--"six
three-farthings and cheap at the price"--and takes them among whales,
mermaids, sea-serpents and other deep-sea creatures.

Here, then, are delightful little pictures on every page, which even a
two-year-old will enjoy. And here are verses which most boys and girls
under seven or eight will like to learn. And the best of it is that it
doesn't matter a bit if they do "sing-song" them, for they are the
kind of verses which only sound right from the lips of quite small
children who have never been taught elocution.

EDGAR J. SAXON

PICKLED PEPPERCORNS.

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