The Stronger Will. By Evelyn Everett-Green. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier.)—Among
the persona' of Mrs. Everett- Green's drama, there are five who may be described as being more or less firm, not to say obstinate. There is Mr. Cadwallader, who is bent on making an heiress of his adopted daughter ; the adopted daughter, who is determined that the property shall go, not to herself but to a nephew ; nephew 1, who is resolved not to have it, and is generally very firm in making himself miserable, and not taking the goods which the gods provide ; nephew 2, who exerts himself in exactly the contrary direction ; and a niece who is determined to misunderstand the self-denying purposes of the adopted daughter. All this makes, it will be understood, a very pretty conflict. Mrs. Everett-Green describes it very well. Of course one does not doubt that the right is going to triumph in the end; meanwhile, however, the prospect is sometimes very dark ; and when the light breaks through, and we see that things are going as they should go, we gladly acknowledge that the affair has been skilfully managed. The first scene between Rudolf Stanhope and Florence Tenant is very good.
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