The Wine of Finvarra, and other Stories. By C. L.
Antrobus. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—The stories are of excellent quality. The imaginative power that Miss Antrobus shows in "The Strange Preacher," and the strong simplicity of "Jacob's Ladder," -are notable to a degree quite above the common. The latter is peculiarly striking. We have to condemn with the vicar when he blames "Billy Cockeye" for his conduct • in the matter of Nance Felton, but the sentence would be "a day's imprisonment, to be reckoned from the time of arrest." "The Wine of Finvarra" rises to a still greater height. Miss Antrobtis has the art of conciliating even the most obstinate believer in the " lived-happily- ever-after " ending when he chooses to be melancholy. One feels convinced that it must be so. Mallalieu, though his love "never found its earthly close," had the better lot, we feel, than the prosperous "Hollis."
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