writer who enjoys neither the theories of modern feminism - nor
the slack moral standard of many fiction-writers of to-day; who ends her book with the assurance, "Miranda was happy. The fair vista of life stretched before her ; a life lived with the man she loved, helping him to work for the people he loved." - Plower of the Golden Heart. By Violet A. Simpson. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—Miss Violet Simpson is not quite so successful in writing of the era of Charles II. as of a later period of history, and this book does not convince the reader that it is a true picture of the day. It is also very -difficult to sympathize with anyone but the deserted wife, as Lord G-ayre really has no excuse for indulging in his sudden passion for Esther. The end of the book is dramatic. Indeed, it is difficult not to be dramatic when writing of the Great Plague. But to those people who like to understand exactly what happened to the characters of a book, the writing of the last chapter will seem too allusive to be satisfactory.
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