17 NOVEMBER 1894, Page 13

Miss Bright's Guardian. By Alice F. Jackson. (S.P.C.K.) This is

a capital story, and though the guardian is not a remark- able character, Lucy Bright and her lover are very truthful studies of two lovers. There is another pair of lovers who have gone through much tribulation, and their quiet romance makes a somewhat striking contrast to the showers and sunshine of the more youthful love-story. The tale is cast in a somewhat conventional mould, and the characters are of a conventional type perhaps ; but the dialogue is good and natural, and there is much quiet observation running through the book. A. very pleasant story is Miss Bright's Guardian, and well worth reading.