Golden Gwendolyn. By Evelyn Everett Green. (Hutchinson.) —The plot of
this story, though not unfamiliar to readers of sensational fiction, seems almost startlingly strong meat to be pur- veyed by a popular and practised writer for young women. In it the unfaithful guardian of a beautiful girl, and a thorough-paced scoundrel whose dupe he is, set to work to maka her in appear- ance, if not in reality, insane. They are defeated, of course, in the long-run, by the girl's lover, who is further aided by one of her guardian's daughters. The story is written with spirit and care, and the reader's interest in the development of the plot is not allowed to flag for an instant. Gwendolyn, her manly lover, and above an, her vivacious and indefatigable friend Carrie, are admirably sketched. There is a touch of caricature in the cruel hypnotising sham professor, but that was perhaps inevitable.
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