Nellie and her Models. By G. R. Wynne, D.D. (S.P.C.K.)—
The subject of Dr. Wynne's tale is sufficiently familiar. Nellie Forbes is a spoilt and selfish girl, one who had never been led to think of others. But she is not stupid, and she has a heart. Then comes the discipline of trouble to bring out the good that is in her. The tale in itself differs but little from scores that we have read before, but it has not a little distinctive merit. The scene, for instance, in which Nellie is compelled, as it were, to act the unfamiliar part of a comforter to her model Polly, who has lost at one blow—by a fatal fire—mother and sisters, is an excellent piece of work. There are others as good, some of them in a lighter vein, as when the two patrons meet in Nellie's studio. Nellie, it must be understood, is a successful artist. Altogether, Nellie and her Models is considerably above the " gift-book " average.
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