The Bridge of Beauty. By Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. (Sunday
School Union.)—We always expect a thorough knowledge of the class life of the people she writes about from Mis. Banks, and in The Bridge of Beauty we are not disappointed. The motive of the story is not prominent, nor does it figure at all till the end ; but the description of the home life of the small Welsh tenant-farther is a sound study, and in following the daily life of her characters we can afford to ignore the plot, which is just sufficient to carry the narrative on. The period selected is the beginning of the last century; and though one would have thought the peasantry would not have altered much since, such a character as the land- steward could hardly have existed much later, otherwise the necessity of placing the time so early is not very obvious.
Previous page
