10 DECEMBER 1892, Page 22

The Sound of the Streets. By Mrs. O'Reilly. (Wells Gardner,

Darton, and Co.)—This is a curiously minute picture of the ways of Landon young women who work for their living. Janet, who is the aristocrat, Lil, Jess, and Fan, are drawn with a precision of touch that argues no small acquaintance with the subject on the part of the author. Mrs. O'Reilly combines with this qualifi- cation a certain gift for telling a story, and she always has an admirable moral in view. We may venture to suggest that "they laid long in bed" (p. 35) is not good English.