Inscrutable. By Estue Stuart. (Bliss, Sands, and Foster.)— Miss Esme
Stuart has certainly accomplished the feat of making a tangle which no one will be able to unravel without help. The relations of Lancelot Dighton, Garrick Bloodworth, and Hilda are a puzzle which will defy the guessing powers of the most ingenious reader. As to the probability or possibility, who shall affirm ? Perhaps it will be better not to enter on this question, but to enjoy, if one has tastes in that direction, the perplexities and the final surprise which are provided for the reader in Inscrutable.— Outlines. By Florence Henniker. (Hutchinson and Co.)—Here we have four short stories. We must own to having read the first
and second only. In "A Statesman's Love-Lapse," the Right Hon. Mr. Fludyer falls in love with his cousin Aileen, his own wife being, as it seems, a hopeless invalid. The wife recovers, to die of typhoid ; but Aileen leaves England, and does not marry Mr. Fludyer. In "The Major's Prodigal," the good and simple Major has a son "about as bad as they make them." There are other complications which make the story more painful. After this, wo looked at the and of Nos. 3 and 4, and seeing no reason to hope for anything more cheerful, shut up the volume. Does the public really like this kind of tale ?
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