23 NOVEMBER 1889, Page 24

A Trust Betrayed. By John Tipton. 3 vols. (Ward and

Downey.)—Mr. John Tipton has produced a novel of the old- fashioned melodramatic type. There is a beautiful heroine who is abducted so often that she must have become quite accustomed to it, and there are about half-a-dozen villains who are directly or indirectly concerned in the abductions, and who, by their alternate alliances and quarrels, make things lively all round, and con- tribute enough exciting material to fill three volumes. From a literary point of view, the book is altogether worthless ; but it has plenty of incident, it is quite harmless, and it may serve to while away the hours of a long railway journey.