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is gone into very fully. This leads to a chapter on Confirmation 
and one on First Communion, with the preparation necessary for 
each. A special point is made of the need for keeping hold on the 
lad after his Confirmation, and means to this end are fully discussed. 
The last chapter deals with special cases, with soldiers and sailors, 
and with boys who have moved away to live elsewhere. The whole 
book claims to be a record of methods which have been put to the 
test of experience, and the Bishop of Gloucester, under whom the 
Author served at Leeds Parish Church, contributes a Preface. 
THE LITTLE WIZARD OF WHITE 
CLOUD HILL. 
By Mrs, F. E. CRICHTON, 
AUTHOR OF ‘ PEEP-IN-THE-WORLD,’ 
With Illustrations. Crown 8v0. 3s. 6d. 
This story, chiefly intended for young people, centres round the 
‘attractive personality of a little boy called Basil, whose happy and 
adventurous doings can hardly fail to delight both children and 
‘ grown-ups.’ 
White Cloud Hill is the entrance to the land of Far-away, a 
wonderful fairy region of Basil’s imagination, which he loves to visit 
in his dreams. His adventures begin when he goes to stay with 
Cousin Marcella, a stern lady who has had an unfortunate quarrel 
with his father, and whom Basil has always thought of with 
alarm. ‘The visit, however, has the best of results, for Basil, by his 
irresistible charm, effects such a happy reconciliation between his 
elders that he earns the very name which he would have most 
desired for himself—‘ The Little Wizard of White Cloud Hill.’ 
The thread of seriousness woven into the story does not interfere 
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