The Dalrymples. By Agnes Giberne. (J. Nisbet.)—The material out of
which this story is made up is very slender indeed. Harvey Dalrymple, great-nephew and heir of Gilbert Dalrymple, the owner of Westford Hall, comes home unexpectedly, with the unwelcome news that he is married. His great-uncle has hoped that his grand-niece, Hermione Fitzalan by name, would be his wife; and the disappointment is fatal to the old man. He dies very soon afterwards, and dies without making provision for Hermione, who is left with the miserable income (which, however, many would be thankful for) of £120. The subsequent interest of the story turns upon whether Harvey will carry out his great- uncle's wish, well known though not made legally binding, of making a fair provision for his cousin. He kicks at it while he supposes this wish to have gone as far as £20,000, but is willing to be just to the amount of £10,000. Hermione gets her money, but she has alienated, for a time, a true lover by showing some temper. Altogether, this is but poor work for a writer of Miss Agnes Giberne's abilities.
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