THE EDUCATION OF ANTHONY DARE. By Archibald Marshall. (Collins. IS.
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There arc many things to be said in criticism of Mr. Mar- shall's new novel. In the first place, it is some time, according to the annals of fiction, since the first volume of this story appeared, so that the placing of the characters presents some difficulty to the constant novel reader. In the second, the incidents of this section of the hero's life, although, doubt- less, a necessary part of his growth, . are not particularly interesting, nor is the character drawing very well carried out. And yet with all this Mr. Marshall contrives to carry on his reader's attention from page to page, so that the reader, in spite of himself, must finish the book. Tony is built up with minute touches into so convincing a whole that the boy is much more living than most of one's own acquaintances. The present writer is convinced that he will open the next volume with considerable distaste, but that the art of the author will be sufficient to overcome his reluctance, so that once more he will perforce be obliged to finish the book.
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