1 DECEMBER 1883, Page 22

By Uphill Paths. By E. Van Sommer. (Nelson and Sons.)—

This is a story of honest endeavour to do good, and teaches admirably that best of lessons,—that a man must not judge his work by the event, nor look to success as the test by which it is proved to have been well intended and well done. The paths which Frederic Fraser treads are often " up-hill " indeed, but he surmounts the difficulties bravely, and there is a blessing for him, and for those who help him in his way.