3 NOVEMBER 1900, Page 8

suffers from the fault of the other. But the ne'er-do-well

has his good qualities, and these are effectively brought out in Miss Cowper's story. Miss Cowper, indeed, knows something of the

art of managing lights and shadows. There is no kind of story in which this is more needed than the didactic. The unredeemed villain is bearable in the romance, but a tale of real life is uncon- vincing when it introduces him.