Mrs. Er2 - icker's Reputation. By Thomas Cobb. (Alston Rivers. 6s.)—Mr. Thomas
Cobb has not much variety in the subjects of which ha treats. This is not to say that he has no variety in their treatment, but his characters are usually persons in the upper middle classes, and there is almost always some individual who has more than a touch of Bohernlanism. In this case the individual in question is one of the three Mrs. Errickers of the story, and it must be confessed that although in larger questions Georgiana, the lady in question, is actuated by great delicacy of feeling, her reckless extravagance in money matters gives some colour to the low opinion entertained of her by her relations-in-law. The book is a slight but amusing sketch of contemporary manners among a certain set of people in London. There is no particular depth of thought or ingenuity of con- struction about it, but the style is never slipshod, and many people will find it entirely readable.
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