29 DECEMBER 1894, Page 25

The Lifting of the Shadow. By IC. M. Lady. (Sunday

School Union.)—There is good material for a short story in this volume, but it is not skilfully managed. The misunderstandings between the Thorolds, father and son, are somewhat too exaggerated to appear natural, and the two love-stories can only be described as uninteresting and feeble. This story is not so good as "The Heir of Sandycombe."