Janet Detille. By E. N. Leigh Fry. 2 vols. (Hurst
and Blacl-ett.)—This is a well-written story, constructed on the well- known lines of cross-purposes.. Janet Delille has made a great mi-t-le in her marriage, havipg fallen in love with an absolutely worthless Frenchman who his nothing good about him but his art. She has a protegee, Katie by name, who marries, in due course
of time, a husband who does not quite understand her. Katie is herself loved by some one else, and this some one else is loved by Janet Delille. That is a brief abstract of the tale, which is, how- ever, much better reading than might be supposed from this unpromising kind of summary. Menteith, the "some one else," is a particularly well-drawn character. The author knows, it is clear, something about art, and more, perhaps, about art-critics. It is possible that she means to figure the Spectator under the pseudonym of the Bystander. If so, we thank her for the com- pliment.
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