Rm., Ronald. By Mary Crommelin. 3 vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)
—This is a good story, the scene being laid, in the time of the Napoleonic wars, and near the coast of the Channel. The incidents are often somewhat romantic, not to say improbable. When the hero of the story—' Bay Ronald' is a horse and subordinate, though important—being a child of eight, throws a brickbat across a moat, we are bound to protest. Miss Crommelin should try how far she can throw a brickbat herself ; she will find that it weighs nearly three pounds. And the characters are very strong- coloured indeed. Philip Saxby and his son, Ritchie, are too out- rageously bad. Still, the story will be found good reading. Its interest is beyond question ; no one who has begun it will care to leave it unfinished; every one will carry away from it some pleasing impressions, the picture of Lucy, who is nicely matched by Anne, the parson's daughter, being the most attractive.
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