3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 27

The Lady Isobel. By Eliza F. Pollard. (Blackie and Son.)—

This is a story, true in its main facts, as the writer assures us, of the days of the Covenant in Scotland. The heroine, rightly so called, is a real person, and the tale of her courage and devo- tion is true. So good is it that one cannot but regret anything that diminishes its effectiveness. Surely the illustrator could not have read the story. The picture opposite p. 16 gives a representation of the Lady Isobel, in which she appears to be seven or eight years of age, whereas she was really twelve, and, it would seem, more than usually tall and strong. In the frontis- piece she is somewhat older, but decidedly ungraceful. By the time we reach p. 135 she has grown to her proper stature, though the interval of time is but short.