15 DECEMBER 1883, Page 22

Bek's First Corner, and How She Turned It. By T.

M. Conklin. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Bek, or, at full length, Rebekah, is an Ameri- can young lady. Whether the " corner " is the age of twenty-five, as we are inclined to think, or a difficulty with an unworthy lover, is not quite clear. Anyhow, this is a bright and entertaining little story. Sometimes the religious phraseology offends. " Father is not a Christian, and yet you married him," says Bek to her stepmother. As the father apparently professed to be a Christian, this sounds a little audacious in a daughter's mouth. But, on the whole, the moral of the tale is enforced with judgment and good-taste.