March 1, 1913. 



REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



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Nerissa. By Mayiiard Duuuiug. (Lyn- 

 wood. 68.) 

 A pure romance, neither medieval nor 

 modern, nor even quite a mixture of 

 the two. The heroine is made a slave 

 and returns to her high degree in a 

 very original way. 



The .Adventures of Turco Bulhrorthy. 

 (E. T. Washbourne. 2s. 6d.) 

 The adventures of two lads in a 

 Northern seaside village, in which they 

 emulate older heroes of flction, and. 

 like them, ahvays coane off victorious. 



The Love Story of Ciaijnor Dace. By 

 Kirke Brampton. (Washbourne. Ss.) 

 The sad life history of the young niece 

 of a doctor, which ends with her mar- 

 riage to a dying man. It will be 

 keenly interesting to Roman Oa.tholics, 

 as she becomes one of them. 



.4 Black Martinmas. By Mrs. Disney 

 Leith. (Lynwood and Co. 6s.) 

 Molly is the daughter of a North 

 country grieve who is wooed by a 

 widowed gardener with four ■children, 

 and finds in bim the love of her life. 

 Tlie story is simply and naturally 

 told, and indeed is much more like 

 human life than such novels usually 

 a.re. 



-■1 Knight of Spain. By Marjorie 

 Bowen. (Methuen. 6s.) 

 Miss Bowen, as usual, unveils for us 

 here a forgotten chapter of history. 

 She is perhaps somewhat less hapi)y 

 than before in her choice of a hero. 

 Don John of Austria, the conqueror 

 of the Turks, who at Lepanto is said 

 to have broken for ever the tradition 

 of their invincibility at sea, had little 

 brightness or happiness in his life, 

 brilliant and lova.ble as he was. Son 

 of Ctoarles V. of Spain and a Dutch 

 peasant, the sullen, spiteful Philip II. 

 acknowledged him as a brother, but 

 took keen delight in humiliating bim. 

 and finally sent him to the Nether- 

 lands to fight William of Orange. 

 Miss Bowen skilfully paints for us 

 picture after picture; we sympathise 

 with the miserable wives of the 

 tyrannous Philip, with Don, John 

 himself and those who loved him, yet 

 all the time we have the conviction 

 that he was more lovable than noble, 

 partly because his surroundings were 

 ignoble, partly because in his loyalty 

 to Philip he drowned his conscience 

 and fought in an unworthy cause. 



Aileen. By Marjorie Cooper. (Lyn- 

 wood. 68.) 

 A merry story of a " divel " of a g'irl 

 who always has a string of followers, 

 but will not marry either, to the dis- 

 gust of her guardian, whO' wants to 

 get rid of her and marry himself. 



The Neiv Gulliver. By Barry Pain. 

 (Werner Laurie. 6s.) 

 A series of pleasantly whimsical 

 stories. That which gives the title 



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