25 JANUARY 1890, Page 43

A Dash of Bitter. By Deane Hilton. (Sonnenschein.)—The title of

this story indicates sufficiently its nature, and for a temperance story it is fairly readable. It is the old tale,—tempta- tion withstood for some time, then the fall, and finally the return, or rather discovery, of the prodigal son. When we say that A Dash of Bitter is readable, we have said all that we wanted to say. The story does not call for further comment of any kind.