23 JULY 1898, Page 23

Sunlight and Limelight. By Francis Gribble. (A. D Banes and

Co.)—" Sunlight" stands for real life and "Limelight" for life on the stage. This story is a study of how the t--.213 things are combined in the experiences of Angela Clifton. A well- known dramatic critic not long ago got into trouble by what he said about the theatrical profession. He was threatened with various penalties and preferred not to justify. We are not con- cerned to attack or defend him, but if he had justified, he might certainly have called Mr. Gribble's book as a witness. If this holds up a mirror to Nature, " limelight " is not a little distorting, and must make it difficult, as Horace puts it, curvo dignosceie rectum.