Let the Roof Pall In. By Frank Danby. (Hutchinson and
Co. 6s.)—In this story all the principal characters are Irish, and the English reader, in order to understand the springs which move their action, must try to see all that happens from an Irish point of view. A handsome and fascinating young Irishman, Terence,
Lord Ranmore, is killed in the early part of the book. His cousin and heir succeeds, and the story is concerned with how he acquits himself of his responsibilities and obligations. With regard to Rosaleen, the heroine, the conduct of the new Lord Ranmore, Derry by name, is extremely quixotic. The least successful parts of the novel are the scenes which pass in London, and the most readable the account of Derry and Rosaleen's adventures in Siam. The Dowager Lady Ranmore is a pathetic though not a pleasing figure, and the catastrophe indicated on the last page of the book restores the Hanntore succession to normal conditions.
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