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Joanna Trail, Spinster. (W. Heinemann.)—Joanna Trail, who has been dependent

for thirty years and more of her life, suddenly finds herself the possessor of a fair inheritance and her own mistress. The life which she at last feels really to belong to herself, she seeks to make useful for others. Hence the occasion of this story. Under the guidance of an energetic worker in this way, she sets about carrying out this mission. She undertakes the care of a protegde, a girl who had been greatly wronged, and whom she is to bring back to right paths and to hope. The relation between Joanna and this girl is described in an effective way. The untaught, undisciplined creature whom Joanna somehow contrives to care for is a fine sketch.