13 OCTOBER 1888, Page 46

Broken Wings. By Avery MacAlpine. (Chatto and Windus.) —We have

pleasant recollections of Mr. MacAlpine's "Teresa Itasca, and other Stories," and there is material for pleasant re- collections in Broken Wings, though we do not think it contains anything quite equal to the best things in its predecessor. Both in general conception and literary treatment it reminds us of some of " Ouida's " more wholesome work ; but the author is hardly " Ouida's " equal in power and pathos. Still, Broken Wings is an attractive book, a pretty, graceful story of love and art—though the art is of a somewhat humble character—with just a touch of harmless melodrama here and there to heighten the interest, and the happy ending which always appeals pleasantly to the majority of readers.