24 OCTOBER 1903, Page 25

The Lights of Home. By David Lyall. (Hodder and Stoughton.

6s.)—In this collection of stories, the first is by far the most important. It is called "A Woman Journalist," and concerns the adventures of a lady of that profession. Though the heroine is successful in her work, the story will not encourage a great influx into journalism on the part of young ladies from tho provinces. Before success comes Marian East has a considerable struggle, and it is obvious that even success is attended wills harder work than women, unless enthusiastic or pressed by necessity, are usually willing to undertake. This is an excellent moral to have attached to a story of this kind, for in journalism, as in other work, the rosy visions usually described by writers of fiction are quite misleading.