Loyal Hearts. By Evelyn Everett-Green. (Thomas Nelson and Sons.)—It is
a pity that the talented and skilful writer of this story, to which the commonplace second title, "I. Tale of the Days of Good Queen Bess," is given, should, by writing of the Armada period of English history, have challenged a comparison with " Westward Ho !" for she has almost none of that marvellous " go " which distinguishes Kingsley's masterpiece. Her narrative, more particularly of the misadventures of Humphry Furnival, decidedly drags here and there, although the object of this delay, to test the patience and love of Alianora, the lady whom Furni- val ultimately marries, is obvious, and is as good as it is obvious. Still, this book will be liked, and deserves to be liked, by those for whom it is specially intended, for its author introduces them to a goodly company of ladies and gentlemen of the best breeding. The result is an extraordinary number of good marriages, even for a book of this kind. Nine out of ten of the personages in it are almost painfully sans reproche. The beautiful printing of this volume deserves a special word of commendation.
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