Her Sailor Love. By Katharine S. Macquoid. 3 vols. (Hurst
and Blackett.)—We must own that these three volumes of lovers' affairs, even treated with the skill which Mrs. Macquoid's pen can command, seemed to us a little wearying. It can hardly be said that there is any plot. No one supposes for a moment that the young sailor whom Elsie loves has really been drowned, or that Mrs. Limber, the evil genius of the story, will be allowed to do any real mischief, in the end. The moat inexperienced of novel-readers sees almost from the beginning how things are going to barn out, and will not allow him- self to be misled by the very simple devices which Mrs. Macquoid employs. But though he is not thrilled, or startled, or excited, he will, granted a fairly good appetite for this particular kind of literary food, be satisfied. The dialogue is easy and sometimes brisk, there are touches of nature in the characters, and pleasing bits of descrip- tion of scenery. Still, this is not the kind of work by which the author of Patty made her reputation.
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