28 OCTOBER 1893, Page 25

Miss Percival's Novel. By Nellie Hollis. (S.P.C.K.)—Mies Perci- val's "novel"

is, in other words, a benevolent effort at match- making. A very pretty girl, related to her family, Lynda Leigh by name, comes down to see her. Lynda is full of emancipation- of-women theories, and is devoted, in theory, to a celibate life. This is not Miss Percival's ideal, and she sets herself to bring about a different result. Obstacles there are, or how should we get even so modestly sized a tale as this ? But they are over- come, and a lively, graceful little story ends with the customary marriage-bells.