28 NOVEMBER 1885, Page 20

Yoked Together. By Ellen Louisa Davis. (Nisbet and Co.)—This

tale has for its central interest a grave matter, which, we think, is hardly a fitting subject for fiction. That some unity of belief should be considered as an essential condition of marriage may well be admitted ; but we doubt whether the articles, so to speak, which the author would impose upon man and wife, are not too stringent. It is even possible that the "unregenerate" husband was a better Christian than the converted wife. The story, too, is complicated by another difficulty which does not, we think, improve it. We. praise Miss Davia's purpose, but cannot approve the method she pursues.