The Fisherman's Daughter. By Florence Montgomery. (Hat- chards.)—A pathetic story
of ambition, and the pride which goes before a fall. The heroine, a fisherman's daughter, develops a talent for dressmaking, and wishes to better herself. She goes to London as a matter of course, and there gradually wins her way to fame. At the same time, she slowly but surely loses all filial affection, till, indeed, the climax is reached, when in the presence of others she denies her mother. The remorse she feels for this cruel deed is instant and great, and the writer, though she has somewhat strained probability, works out with much feeling and power the consequences of the denial. The story cannot compare in pathos and analytical skill with the writer's previous stories. It is, indeed, but a careful sketch of character, and does not possess any of that delightful study of the feelings and actions of the young which distinguished "Misunderstood."
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