19 NOVEMBER 1892, Page 11

St. Dunstan's Clock. By E. Ward. (Seeley and Co.)—This is

a story of the Great Fire of London, which is made to supply a well- contrived denouement. The chief characters are Master Widdring- ton, a clockmaker, somewhat in advance of his time (possibly an unconscious reminiscence of Solomon Gills in " Dombey and Son "), his daughter Magdalen, her lover Christopher, the usurer Nicholas Brayling, and the reckless young gallant, Lord Hurst- bourne. The description of the Fire is particularly good, especially the final scene, where the King, appearing, by way of a change, in a creditable light, stops by energetic action the further progress of the fire. The illustrations, giving representations of Old London, are excellent.