"Rowan Farm" carries on the story of the Lechow family begun by Mrs. Benary-Isbert last year in "The Ark." The latter volume, it will be recalled, transmitted a sense of excitement and tension in its account of a family experiencing displacement and rehabilitation. This is lacking in "Rowan Farm"; but the new book does portray the maturing of the children, the satisfactions of accomplishment, and the feeling of security that comes from problems faced and at least partially solved. (p. 35)