2 APRIL 1887, Page 23

Victims. By Theo Gift. 3 vols. (Hurst and Ble,ckett.)—This is

another story—we have seen not a few lately—in which the chief charaeters are of Jewish race. Its chief interest comes from the difference of the French marriage law from our own ; a painful in- terest it is, but it in only right to Bay that it is worked out with both ekill and good taste. The French girl, Vera, subdued by a lifelong discipline to an unqueetioning obedience and incapacity to act for herself, and always looking to be told what she must do, and the self- reliant, vigorous Leah, are an effective contrast. On the whole, the story is a good one, though it is not always pleasant reading. It would be better, by the way, to avoid the introduction of places and persons that are easily recognised.