26 JANUARY 1895, Page 12

Appledore Farm. By Katharine S. Macquoid. 3 vols. (Ward and

Downey.)—The story is commonplace enough, but it is told with a certain grace of style. The heroine is somewhat foolish ; her honest lover a little tedious ; her dishonest one, more of a scoundrel than at first we thought him. All that can be said in his excuse is that he had some very bad friends. The titled lady who advises him as to his conduct is indeed too outrageously cynical.