The Other Man's Wife. By John Strange Winter. 2 vols.
(F. V. White.)—Tack Trevor, son of the Bishop of Blankhampton, is fond of Ethel Mordaunt. He is a lad about to enter the Army ; she is a young girl, little more, we gather, than in her teens. The Bishop dies ; Jack leaves Blankhampton, and does not return. A managing mother in process of time marries Ethel to an objection- able Major, who ultimately joins Jack's regiment. So the old lovers, if they may be so called, are brought together again. The author makes us almost fear that there is going to be trouble, for Ethel does not conceal her love. However, we are not seriously afraid, for it is not the habit of "John Strange Winter" to go beyond threatening in that direction. The objectionable Major is " removed ; " Jack becomes a Peer ; everything turns out for the best. The story is not a pleasing one, and certainly not up to the writer's usual standard. It is amusing to see how she means to be very exact with her " Edward, by Divine Providence, Lord Bishop of the Diocese," and so unwittingly identifies Blankhampton with Durham. No other Bishop is by " Divine Providence ; " Divine Permission is the usual style. But his Lordship of Durham is a Prince.
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