15 DECEMBER 1888, Page 27

"In All Our Doings." By Grace Stebbing. (John F. Shaw.)—

Miss Stabbing gives to her tale the second title of "The Golden Links of the Collects." With much ingenuity, more perhaps than is consistent with the spontaneity which a story should have, she has brought in a succession of morals illustrating the Collects. Our objection to a narrative so contrived is in the contrivance itself. The more unstudied the lesson of any history, the more effective will it be. Having said so much, we can commend Miss Stebbing's aim without reserve, and say that there is much to be praised in its execution.