23 MARCH 1895, Page 26

The Mill on the Usk. By Mrs. Arthur Preheat°. (Kegan

Paul, Trench, and Co.)—This is a Welsh story, harmless, but of indifferent merit. Two young barristers—one of whom quite unexpectedly turns out to be a Q.C.---go down for a fishing tour in Wales. They make some mischief without meaning it ; hence comes a quarrel, an act of manslaughter, and a trial (a curious scene, if it happened as described), and a general reconciliation all round.