25 NOVEMBER 1893, Page 24

St. Mervyn's. By Jessie Armstrong. (Religious Tract Society.) —This little

book tells of the good done to a somewhat frivolous, though harmless, social circle in the country by a girl with a religious upbringing. It is pleasantly enough told ; it contains quite a sufficient amount of love-making and marriage-arranging, and at least one incident—a mine accident—of considerable quality as a sensation. The worldly, too, become good, and the naturally good become better. It must be allowed, however, that most of the good people in the story, from Marjorie, the heroine, downwards, carry their religion too much on the sleeve. The best character in the story is Janet, the dying girl.