5 NOVEMBER 1898, Page 28

Reuben Thorne's Temptation. By Mrs. Henry Clarke, MA. (S.P.C.K.)—Reuben Thorne,

led away by the temptation of an inheritance and of a marriage which he hopes that inheritance will make possible, deprives his nephew of the rights which are his. (So far the plot is at least possible, but would Reuben have intended to take away the wronged child with him ?) The characters, especially Ruth, are sketched with some force.