Sir Theodore's Quest, and other Stories. By Grant Allen. (J.
W. Arrowsmith, Bristol. 3s. 6d.)—That a girl should poison the old lover who refused to return compromising letters is probable enough; but what are we to say of the parson who administers a drug that weakens the heart's action of the too-long-lived incumbent of a living? what of the curate who stabs a blackmailer to the heart ? what, above all, of the Archbishop who, wearied of the monotonous restraint of dignified life, sets fire to his host's plan- tations that he may have the pleasure of hard work in beating down the flames? "A Lady's Hand" is a fine story that could hardly be bettered. "Luigi and the Salvationist," too, is very good. These are equal to Mr. Grant Allen's reputation. It is a pity that the others should have been reprinted.
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