12 DECEMBER 1896, Page 23

Cherry and Violet. By the Author of " The Household

of Sir Thomas More." (J. C. Nimmo.)—Among the many readers who remember with pleasure "The Household of Sir Thomas More " and its equally delightful companion, " Mary Powell," few will recognise the name of Miss Manning. She was successful in hiding her personality from the world, happy, perhaps, in having lived before the dominance of the interviewer. Mr. W. H. Hutton furnishes this story, "A Tale of the Great Plague," with an appreciative introduction, and Messrs. J. Jellicoe and H. Railton adorn it with some excellent illustrations.