Love in a Little Town. By Y. E. Buckrose. (Mills
and Boon. 6s.)—Mr. Cope, the wealthy proprietor of " Cope's Complete Cleanser," is determined that his only granddaughter should not suffer the fate which had overtaken his daughter, and be married for the fortune which she is likely to inherit. Accordingly he sends her away to live with some poor relations, a banishment to which she cheerfully submits, because she is sure that she is loved for her own sake and not for her probable inheritance. How that part of the story turns out it is not for us to hint. This we may say, that the exiled Celia develops in the most admirable way under this treatment. The change is almost too great—but does not the foolish Pickwick grow into a quite sensible person before his story comes to an end? Anyhow, the young woman, who is the light of the Wallerby household, is a success of the first order. Mrs. Wallerby is a genuinely comic person ; in fact, so long as the scene of the story is in Celia's new home we are more than content. On the other hand Lady Eleanour is too odious. Still, we have to thank the author for a capital story.
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