15 DECEMBER 1883, Page 22

What's In. a Name ? by Sarah Dondney (Hodder and

Stoughton). is a very romantic story indeed. One Henry Jervaux marries secretly a girl below him in social position, and thereby offends his family. He dies, leaving one child ; and, we are led to believe, that his wife does not long survive him. The child is adopted by its grand- parents. Then a widow lady, who undertakes her education, appears upon the scene. Who this lady is, how she is avenged on one who had wronged her in former times, we may leave for the readers to find out, if they will. The tale is certainly written with considerable power.