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Trewinnot of Guy's. By Mrs. Coulson Kernahan. (J. Long.)— 'This,

as the title indicates, is a story of the seamy side of medical life, and of other kinds of life also. There is a villainous solicitor, a rich and foolish aunt (almost incredibly foolish, by the way, in money matters), and a variety of other persons whom we have no kind of wish ever to hear of again. Mrs. Coulson ;Kernahan writes with much vigour and knows her subject, but we -cannot think that her story, tried by any accepted test, is suc- cessful. To take one such test,—would any sane person, having nished it, ever wish to take it down again from the shelf ? The Revolt of the Young MacCormacks. By Violet G. Finny.