They Twain. By Mrs. Aubrey Richardson. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Mrs.
Aubrey Richardson's second book, They Twain, is a decided improvement on her earlier story. The heroine, Joyce, is for the most part a convincing character ; and readers of the book will feel quite sorry for her, plunged as she is by her husband into the most boring and conventional society, while he goes off all day to his interesting work. Her fit of jealousy near the end of the book is not, however, so easy to- believe in. One word of explanation from her husband would have cleared up everything, and it is impossible to believe that such a very frank person as Joyce would not have asked him to speak that word. The minor characters are well drawn ; and though the book cannot be called very original, it is in the main, but not always, agreeable reading.
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