The Ides of March. By G. M. Robins. 3 vols.
(Hurst and Blackett.)—This is a curious, and, we must say, ingeniously con- structed story. A certain Mr. Westmorland, representative of an ancient family, is very much troubled by an ancient prophecy, which seems to portend the approaching extinction of his race. It is true that he is not quite the man, as our author describes him, to feel such terrors ; but, granted this preliminary, the story is good. The anxiety of Mr. Westmorland is that his son should marry; the son, for various reasons, is unwilling. As a matter of fact, he devotes himself to love-making with a good deal of energy. The complications which follow are cleverly contrived, as is the denouement in which they result. The social sketches are good, and on the whole, The Ides of March (a title which has some- thing to do with old and new style, we may Baylis a novel that may be recommended.
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