Some of Our Girls. By. Mrs. Eiloart. 3 vols. (Tinsley.)—This
is not exactly a pleasant novel, but it is written with the best intontions, and may really be found' of some use. The author starts with-four, heroines, whom chance hits brought together into one house: There is a young heiress, whom a great disappointment in !eve big brought to death's door, is recovering nrelot the. care of the doctot,!whe. is the head' of the fatiaily, k yofingladY'Whols!nursery governeas to the doctor's children, a Jpert London S setivanV aid 1,1" help? just-taken. frOln the Worjrhonse. It is the.laat that moitinterests Mra.-:Kiloart, though, the necessities of the noiel. make her devote. the greaten part other three's-00=a to the' affairs of the first and second of the four. The utterly shopeleseand -reckless creature velAch is too often the product of wed:house life is pow.erfully represented. We welcome any help in the great work of teeohing the public that there must be the elements of a home before there -can be any satisfactory training. Another matter in which Mrs.-Eiloares words may possibly work some good is the overcrowding of labourers' cottages. An author who weights herself with the difficulties of such a subject cannot attain any very high artistic excellence, yet her novel is readable, ind being' readable', nittyaven be
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