30 NOVEMBER 1895, Page 25

A New Zealand Courtship. By E. Boyd Bayly. (R.T.S.)—In these

five " Work-a-day Stories" there are scene capital sketches of character and considerable pathos, and the writer has made very effective use of that abundant material provided by the joys and sorrows of daily life. The local colouring of the first three is that of the Canterbury district, and will, for some readers, increase the interest of the stories. They are all readable, as we may well expect from the author of " Zacharylirough's Venture," and we recommend them to readers of all ages. One or two of these stories we have seen in magazines, but we are not reminded of the fact ; this is a reprehensible practice and a breach of faith, to call it by no harsher name.