17 NOVEMBER 1900, Page 9

Like a Rosen Fiddler. By Mary E. Shipley. (S.P.C.K. 2s.)

—A writer who tells "a tale of the Pilgrimage of Grace" ven- tures into deep waters, too deep, we cannot but think, for safety. There are periods of history which are best avoided by the writer of fiction, especially if it is fiction intended for those who are apt to take in what is told them without questioning. This is a dis- tinctly well-told story, and there are striking passages in it, but we cannot say that it is wholly satisfactory.