15 NOVEMBER 1890, Page 21

Incurable. By Paul Heyse. Translated by Mrs. H. W. Eve.

(D. Nutt.)—A young lady, whose uncomfortable position at home

is hinted at rather than described, is induced by an ingenious stratagem of her doctor to try a complete change of scene. At the risk of spoiling the interest of the story, we may say that she is made to believe that she is "incurable." Nothing short of believing this could have induced her to go. When she does believe it, she finds a freedom which she would not have thought possible. This situation makes an admirable study in Herr Heyse's hands. Mrs. Eve's translation does full justice to it.