Dorothy Vernon 'of Hadckra Hall. By Charles Major. (Mac- millan
and Co. 6s.)—This is a good story of its kind, historical in a way, as introducing various real personages whose existence and general character and surroundings are matters of history, but constructed on the usual lines of a romance with love for its chief interest. Dorothy, the heroine, is an excellent study, and there is at least one other damsel who would make a good under- study for the prima donna's part. We fear, however, that the conclusion will shock those who hold by the new ideals of woman. It is very like the primitive marriage by capture. Dorothy's con- science will not suffer her to accept her lover's suit, but she is weak enough to thank him for reasonable force. "I thank you," she says, "for making—me—do—what I—I longed to do." This is very humiliating.
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