Out of the Question : a Comedy. By W. D.
Howell. (Osgood, Boston, U.S.3 Triibner, Lonclon.)—One Blake, a man of prepossessing manner and appearance, makes himself agreeable to a party of ladies on the road to an American watering-place, gives up his room to one of them when the hotel is found to be crowded, and renders to another the more substantial service of rescuing her from the hands of some tramps. Hence a mutual affection, but the social conventions inter- vene,—the elders of the family pronounce it to be "out of the ques- tion." The brother of the young lady is called in, a good-natured: indolent fellow, with a considerable turn for humour, right-fooling, but not inclined to abet rebellion against "society." But, lo I it turns out that "Blake" had put him also under obligations, having saved his life some years before. So " society " has to give way. All this is told in lively dialogue, and makes an hour's very agreeable reading.
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