Angeline : and Other Stories. By "A. M. Y." 1
vol. (Chapman, Hall, and Co.)—To criticise these Wee seriously would be as useless as it is unnecessary. Probably they have been written for the author's amusement, and, perhaps, among country people with conscientious fears of fiction they may be received as proper reading for young people. After making all allowances for inexperience and good in- tentions, the fact remains that "A. M. Y." not only has everything to learn in technique, but also that she does not appear to have- had fitting opportunities for the study of life, and her tone quite forbids the supposition that her subjective experience has been either deep or varied. The injudicious lenience of modern criticism is responsible for the publication of such books as Angeline, and, what is more to be regretted, for the disappointment which the unhappy writers must inevitably endure.
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