24 APRIL 1897, Page 11

.Tudy, a Jilt. By Mrs. Conney. (jarrold and Sons.)—The tale

is written with some spirit. The dialogue is easy and natural, and the characters show some power of drawing, though they are not, for the most part, of the quality on which such power may be profitably exercised. It is a thoroughly disagreeable story. The reader is pained to no purpose. If we are to have our feelings harrowed, let it be by the telling of some tale that has to do with better things than these.