18 OCTOBER 1890, Page 25

A Little Candle. By Mary H. Debenham. (National Society.) —This

is a story of the last days of James II. on the English throne, and the time that followed, when his party hoped against hope to bring him back. Bride, or Bridget, Murray is the daughter of an Episcopal minister in a Lowland parish. He has fallen on evil days, for the time has come when the Covenanters are to have the upper hand. She it is who is the "little candle" of the story. Her simple faith and steadfast courage make a light in the dark places through which her friends and kinsfolk have to pass. Miss Debenham has made a very pretty, pathetic story out of her materials. The simple, honest soldier, Major Ferguson, the gallant young Alan, his nephew, and Bride herself, are as interesting figures as one often sees in tales of this kind.