11 DECEMBER 1886, Page 17

"Honour is My Guide." By Jeanie Herring (Hrs. Adams Acton).

(Cassell and Co.)—This is not the happiest specimen that we have seen of these " motto " stories. The story illustrates more or leas forcibly a number of excellent maxims, but does not bring into any particular prominence that which serves for a title. Still, the young people, the somewhat headstrong Morna especially, are natural studies.