24 MARCH 1888, Page 22

Hagar. By Mary LinskilL (James Clarke and Co.)—It is a

great relief, after the ordinary experience of the shilling novel, to come acmes such a delicate and tasteful piece of work as this. The love of Christopher Pane for Hagar makes a beautiful little story, strongly tinged, indeed, with the melancholy through which Miss Linskill seems to regard her world, but very attractive. In fact, this time she has put a certain constraint on herself, and not buried the happy lovers under the landslip which overwhelms poor Phil. She may take our word that her story is not the worse for it.