29 NOVEMBER 1890, Page 24

Merchant and Mountebank. By " Brenda." (j. F. Shaw and Co.)

—Any story in which a man of the Scrooge type is converted to better ways of thinking, is pretty sure to be welcome. This is the main incident of Merchant and Mountebank. Mr. Weatherhead is a rich man who does all his charities, if not exactly to be seen of men, yet because his neighbours do them. The one soft spot of his heart is his love for his little daughter. When this is touched, he finds out something of what real charity means.