17 DECEMBER 1892, Page 22

Avice : a Story of Imperial Rome. By Eliza F.

Pollard. (S. W. Partridge.)—This is a story of Christianity under the early Emperors. One cannot but think, indeed, that it is somewhat antedated when it is put back as far as the beginning of the reign of Caligula. The story is fairly interesting, but it does not seem to show an adequate acquaintance with the circumstances of Roman life. The names, always a good test, are in a sad state of confusion. Pempedius, Nana, Avice, Marcellus and Lucilla as children of a Claudia have an odd sound.