Under Puritan Rule. By Agnes Giberne. (National Society. 38. 6d.)—The
first chapter introduces us tcrthe familiar complica- tion. Gilbert Ilumphry, a London merchant who has somewhat unexpectedly come into possession of the Steeplewest Estate, is
a Puritan, to whom Laud is an "evil-disposed prelatical person," and his daughter Avice is in love with a Royalist gentleman. Then Gilbert Humphry's son Dick marries Gladys Collins, a daughter of the Steeple-west parson. A third love-dory is bound up with the fortunes of another daughter, Millicent. Here a Puritan is in the running. We are aware that complications of this kind furnish good material for the writers of these stories. Still, we should be inclined to put the struggles between King and Parliament "out of bounds." The fires in these regions are still burning, and are very close to the outface. Miss Giberne does not write like a thorough partisan, but she takes much for granted that we are not disposed to allow. Putting these considerations aside, we can honestly say that this is a well- written tale.
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