16 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 50

Old Blackfriars. By Beatrice Marshall. (Seeley and Co. 5s.) —This

is, as far as we know, a first effort in fiction. Miss Marshall, however, comes commended by her name. She is the daughter of a writer who achieved a notable success in her own line of work. Mrs. Emma Marshall wrote a quite amazing number of stories, not one of which failed to secure a fair amount of favour, while some found a real multitude of readers. Miss Beatrice Marshall's first essay shows plenty of promise. That she has much to learn, it is needless to say. Her style, in particular, is loose and inconsequent. But she has the delicacy in drawing the lines of character, the kindly and sympathetic spirit, which we have learnt to associate with her name.