1 DECEMBER 1883, Page 22

Sir Valentine's Victory, and other Stories. By Emma Marshall. (Nisbet

and Co.)—Sir Valentine finds himself dispossessed from his position as heir to his grandfather's estate and title by the sudden return of another grandson, supposed to have been long ago lost. The story tells us how he behaved himself under these circumstances, first refusing, and then learning, to bear his changed position.. In the second tale we have a notable description of a football match, which does great credit to Miss Marshall's powers in a somewhat unexpected line.