The great charm of The Changeling is in the detailing of the imaginative games that Martha and Ivy play. Those who, as children made up their own games instead of melting into group activities will find the years rolled back. As Ivy said to Martha, "I mean, there must be some way to keep from letting yourself just go on until you wake up someday and find out you've turned into an ordinary adult." There is a way, of course, and some people find it. Mrs. Snyder evidently has.

Silence Buck Bellows, "Games Children Play," in The Christian Science Monitor (reprinted by permission from The Christian Science Monitor; © 1970 The Christian Science Publishing Society; all rights reserved), November 12, 1970, p. 37.∗