'Twixt God and Mammon. By W. E. Tirebuck. With a
Memoir by Hall Caine. (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—Mr. Hall Caine's Memoir tells what is practically a story of failure. Our recollection of Mr. Tirebuck's work is in agreement. It had the look of an in- effective product of much labour. The tale now before us seems to fall into the same class. Mr. il'irebuck was at great pains, it is evident, to paint his pictures in careful detail; but the guide of a sure literary taste was wanting. When Joy presses her apron to her eyes, why tell us that it was a blue apron ? This is the merest trifle, but it means much. Then there are strange faults of this kind. The hero is represented as " senior curate of the High Church of St. Mary." Now the phrase "High Church," used thus, has a definite meaning, and -this local, but nothing to do with "High" or "Low"
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