24 APRIL 1897, Page 10

Four Women in the Case. By Annie Thomas (Mrs. Pender

Cudlip). (F. V. White and Co.)—Why "four" only ? There are twice as many. Mrs. Sutherland and her three daughters, Jenny Wyvern (who is the heroine), her mother, Donald Cleve's wife, Muriel, and her spiteful sister, Mrs. Belton. The main interest of the plot is that Jenny, who is a very honest, wholesome-minded girl, falls in love with Donald Cleve before she knows that he is married. She behaves admirably under the circumstances ; Donald, who is much to be pitied, though he is certainly to be blamed, is released from his burden, and the two are happy ever afterwards. Mrs. Belton is too odious a creature for art, if not for Nature. On the whole, the tale is one to be recommended.