3 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 45

Moonlight by the Shannon Shore. By Major Norris Paul, R.A.

(Jarrold and Sons.)—This is a very readable story. The scene is chiefly laid in Ireland, and the descriptions of the life there are both interesting and amusing. John Sebright, a gentleman who has enlisted in the Royal Artillery after quarrelling with his uncle, comes into a small property on the death of the latter. He purchases, therefore, his discharge from the Army, and returns home. Part of his property consists of a farm in Ireland. Going there to look after it, he finds his tenants, an old widow and her daughter, in great straits, as they have been boycotted. Of course he falls in love with the daughter, and saves them from ruin. There is nothing very striking about the book, but it is pleasant reading.