25 FEBRUARY 1893, Page 24

A Geraldine. By Richard Ashe King. 2 vols. (Ward and

Downey.)—This is an Irish story of the present time, told from the Nationalist point of view. The landlords are oppressive, and the constabulary brutal. The hero of the story is an American Irishman, and he carries off the prize in the shape of the beautiful' Sheila, but then he has £30,000 "hard cash, sir, hard cash," as the attorney emphatically puts it. There are some good things in A Geraldine, but Mr. King is not at his best.