3 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 45

Squire of Calder. By Harold Francis. (London Literary Society.) —Mr.

Francis has written a rather foolish story. The plot is weak, and the characters are unnatural. The Squire of Calder is in reality a young woman who disguises herself as a man, in order to avenge her dead brother on one Rosalie Mere, who has been false to him. This she accomplishes by persuading her to elope, in spite of her coming marriage to some one else. The subject is not a pleasant one, and is certainly anything but powerfully treated. Mr. Francis does not shine as a novel-writer.