Joan Seaton. By Mary Beaumont. (J. M. Dent and Co.)—This
story of "Percival-Dion in the Yorkshire Dales "has some humour in it and more tragedy. It is a tale of considerable power, the outcome of knowledge of the country and the people portrayed therein. Joan and " Passon " are particularly fine studies of character.—The Duchess Lass. By Caroline Masters. (F. Warne and Co.)—This is another tale of life in the North of England, but this time the scene is laid not in the Dales but in a Yorkshire factory town. The heroine is the daughter of a mill-girl who had married a gentleman. She is not welcome in the home of the uncle who had received her after her father's death, and deter- mines to take up the occupation of her mother in her mother's native place. She finds kinsfolk and connections there, and has various experiences, which we will leave our readers to discover for themselves. This book gives a spirited sketch of life in a factory town and of north-country manners.
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