Robert Leeman's Daughters. By J. Fogerty. 3 vols. (Bentley and
Son.)—This is a story of what we may call the " leisurely " kind, and admirably suited for a seaside lodging on a wet day. It is quite readable from " cover to cover," but not so exciting as to make one hurry through it, and so consume in a few hours the mental provision that should last for a day. Robert Leeman has a daughter who is supposed to be lost, and another who is afterwards born to him and is called by the same name. The fortunes of the two are described, and so we get pictures of life in Holland and America. The castaway (she had drifted out to sea in a little boat) is adopted by a Dutch lady, wife of the owner of the ship which had picked her up. Robert Leeman himself conducts a prosperous business in the States. All this is told in an easy, pleasant fashion, and neither agitates nor tires the reader. The chief interest of the story lies in the answer to the question,—Will Robert Leeman take away his daughter from the woman who has adopted her ? Now and then a stirring scene is introduced,—as, for instance, that of the flood in America. Alto- gether, it is a pleasant book, which we can recommend to readers whose appetites are tolerably fresh and vigorous.
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