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 TALES OF SPORT AND GAMES SERIES Tennis Shoes By Noel Streatfeild Illustrated by D. L. MAYS Miss Streatfeild had a great success with her first children's book BALLET SHOES. It owed its popu- larity, apart from the story itself, to her peculiar faculty for vividly describing life as it is lived by an ordinary family, with the ups and downs of ballet train- ing and difficult times at home. She now follows this up with a story about lawn tennis, written with the same wit and vivacity and strict attention to detail. The father of the family is a doctor, who was a first-class player in his day and coaches the family himself in his spare moments. Jim, Susan, Nicky, and David all play on the hard courts near their home. The best of them all is Nicky. Every girl who is keen on the game and plays at school will be fascinated by this account of how a young player is trained to the standard required to enter for various junior tournaments open to schoolgirls. The book is illustrated by the well-known Punch artist. FOR OLDER READERS [Large crown 8vo] 5/~ &