6 MAY 1911, Page 26

Sampson Rideout, Quaker. By Una L. Silberrad. (T. Nelson and

Sons. 2s.)—Miss Silberrad is so much a describer of con- temporary manners that it is difficult to recognise her in fancy dress. Here, however, she gives us the story of a seventeenth century highwayman named Darry Leven, and gives it with great spirit and some success. The hero of the book, Sampson Rideout, the Quaker, is a delightful person, but it must be confessed that Darry runs him hard, and the account of the subterfuges by which he becomes a member of a Quaker household is very entertain- ing. Miss Silberrad's work, however, is certainly more dis- tinguished when she is writing of the present day.