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Cherryfield Hall. By Frederic Henry Balfour. (Richard Bentley and Son.)—This

tale has for its sub-title, " An Episode in the Career of an Adventuress," and for its central figure pre- sents us with the personality of Miss Jockaway. We cannot say that we see in this character a particularly faithful rendering of

life. On the contrary, it strikes us as conventional,—something after the fashion of Dickens. But the story is quite readable, with a brisk dialogue and sufficiency of incident.