A Lady of Mettle. By Dorothea Moore. (S. W. Partridge
and 5s.)-We do not remember to have seen the Duke of ;41-loncester in fiction before,-we mean the sickly lad who was the only child of the Princess Anne that gave any promise of growing ;up. The poor boy's favourite among his mother's ladies is the heroine of the story, and she well deserves the title that is given here. This is Lady Bellamy, wife of Sir Gervase Bellamy, who, living as she does in the troublons days of the " Glorioua Revoln- .tion," has no easy time,-glorions as it was, there were many rascals about, especially in high places. This is a very good story. We like many things in it, and not least the treatment accorded to King William.-A not dissimilar heroine is Katherine Rad- ford in A Countess from Canada, by Bessie Merchant (Blackie and , Son, 5s.) The scene is laid in a region which was more in the .backwoods then than it is now, Fort Garry, and Katherine, who is the daughter of an invalided storekeeper, has a very hard life indeed, quite enough to make the brilliant change with which the story winds ups welcome surprise to the reader.-The Trouble Man. By Emily P. Weaver. (R.T.S. 2s.)-This also is a Canadian story. The problem it presents is real enough. What is to be done when a general supporter of religion follows an occupation which works mischief ? But should young readers be confronted with it ?
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