25 OCTOBER 1890, Page 26

Youma. By Lafcadio Hearn. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This " Story

of a West Indian Slave" takes us to a new scene. It is a tale of Martinique in the days before slavery was abolished, and

a very striking story it is. Youma, the heroine, is one of the moat vigorous pictures that we have seen for a long time, and the tragedy of her end with the white child whom she loves, is only too effective.