Peter's Pedigree. By Dorothea Conyers. (E. Arnold. 6s.)— Mrs. Conyers
knows her audience, and is sure of her popularity. Peter Reidy is the son of an Irish peasant who, having made a, great fortune in England, goes back to his native district and settles down in a large country house. The son takes to hunting, and his good-humoured efforts forms the staple of the book. He falls in love with a young woman, whose mother opposes the match because of his lack of pedigree ; but in the end virtue is rewarded, and the lovers come to their own. The elopement scene at the end is pure farce, too farcical for the rest of the narrative ; but the earlier love-making and the hunting are in the best comedy vein. Such a light-hearted, rollicking tale will find a host of readers, the more so since the Irish peasants are described with a sympathy and humour worthy of "The Irish R.M." James Cassidy, the second footman, is indeed quite fit for a place beside the immortal "Slipper." Mrs. Conyers has fully redeemed the promise of her first tale.
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