The Marriage of Lionel Glyde. By Olivia Ramsey. (John Long.
6s.)—The author of this book seems to possess the most singular ideas of morality. That Viola Glyde and her lover could comfort- ably marry and live happily ever after in consequence of the suicide of Viola's husband is inconceivable to the reader, but both the victim and the author seem to contemplate this possibility with perfect equanimity. The opening scenes of the book are clever, but as a whole the novel is not well constructed ; and though the figure of Lionel Glyde is more successful than the other characters, it is almost unthinkable that any man of average intelligence should have tried to live his married life on the lines followed by him. Most people will, however, think that Viola Glyde deserved no better treatment than she got, but such apparently is not the opinion of the novelist.
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