Trevlyn Hold. By the author of " East Lynne." (Tinsley
Brothers.) —A geed story for those who love incident. The plot depends on the right of property in Trevlyn Hold, a large estate which its owner, be- lieving his two sons dead, and without male heirs, has left to the husband of one of his daughters. One son, however, had left an heir, and the dread of the owner, Mr. Chattaway, that this lad will ultimately claim his inheritance, and the fierce dislike between the two form the ground-work of the tale, which is filled with characters all related to the family, all different, yet all in different ways original. The denouement, though old, is very effective, and one scene, that which succeeds the explosion, is equal to anything Mrs. Wood has yet spoken. The art with which she paints a man thoroughly bad yet trying to stop short of actual crime is remarkable, and the only failure in the book is, we think, the relation between Mrs. Ryle and her stepson. Such a man does not submit patiently to such a despotism, nor would so able a woman have talked out her injustice with such clearness. To those who like novels as stories, as something which ffiterest them like village sports or any other collection of incidents in which they take no part, we can recom-
mend " Trevlyn Hold." •
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