1 NOVEMBER 1890, Page 20

Mount Eden. By Florence Marryat. (Hutchinson and Co.)— This is

a new one-volume edition of a story which shows its author at her best, for it is not only interesting, but thoroughly whole- some, a verdict that, unfortunately, cannot be passed upon all Miss Florence Marryat's books. Evelyn Rayne is, as a heroine, none the less delightful because she is a capable rather than a clinging woman, and though the story is not destitute of im- probabilities, they do not seriously interfere with the reader's pleasure.