30 MARCH 1895, Page 25

True Till Death. By E. F. Pollard. (Partridge and Co.)—This

is a story of a young lady who, eager for travel, goes as a governess to a Russian family just before the Crimean War. One of her charges being of Liberal tendencies, is eventually exiled, and she accompanies the exile, sees her die, and returns to her English home and marries the brother of her dead pupil. Some stirring incidents of the war are worked into the narrative, which is lively and vigorously told, and pathetic in places. It is distinctly a strong story, and a capital one for boys and girls, and it will fascinate them from the first page to the last. Vera, the exile, is a true martyr, and the various characters are all strongly defined and attractive.