12 JULY 1902, Page 22

Lore Never Faileth. By Carnegie Simpson. (Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.)—The

reviewer must confess to having been led by Mr. Simpson's dedication to expect more from Love Never Faileth than the book warrants; the plot, we cannot but think, would not have allowed of that greater elaboration that the author tells us was first intended. The sub-title also, "An Emotion Touched by Moralities," seems hardly justified, unles-1 the tendency of the hero to soliloquise—in verse—on most occasions can be held to do so. The story is, however, told pleasantly enough, but it gives the reader the impression of being a first attempt, and the dramatic form into which the second part is cast does not, we think, by any means add to its impressiveness.