15 MARCH 1902, Page 23

The Master of Beechwood. By Adeline Sergeant. (Methuen and Co.

6s.)—People who like a wholesome novel with plenty of incident, an honest gentleman for a hero, a thoroughly nice girl for a heroine, and a fair variety of sufficiently entertaining sub- ordinate characters will find matter to their taste in Miss Sergeant's The Master of Beech wood. The book ends happily, and is equally free from vulgarity and from over-refinement.