Full Swing. By Frank Denby. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)— The
extremely cheerful name of this novel is entirely belied by its contents. The whole story is occupied with the series of mistakes made by Agatha Wanstead, afterwards Lady Grindelay, during the course of her long and blameless life. This lady contrives to do more harm to her neighbours than most people of a malevolent disposition, and readers who sympathize with her will find the story of her follies not a little provoking. Especially does the mismanage her son Desmond, and it is by the merest chance that his affairs come right in the end. The character of this ill-advised and meritorious lady is well drawn, though her obstinacy makes her appear rather more stupid than the anther probably intended. Her faithful man of business, Andrew McKay, is also a lifelike figure, but the whole book leaves the reader with a feeling of irritation that so much clever and careful work should have been expended on a theme so exasperating.
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