25 DECEMBER 1915, Page 25

John Ferguson : a Play in Four Acts. By St.

John G. Ervin°. (Maunsel and Co. 2s. not.)—One of those pathetic tragedies of rural life for which Ireland seems to afford such abundant material. It has all that atmosphere of wistfulness peculiar to so much of the Irish drama. The characterisation and workmanship of the play are excellent, for Mr. St. John Ervine is master of his art, but its persistent melancholy tends to make it somewhat monotonous reading.