The Beads of Tanner. By Amelia C. Barr. (Clarke and
Co.)— The Beene of Miss Barr's story is laid in the Western Highlands. The hero is a young Torquil, heir of a family which has dwelt in Tasmer for many centuries. He, being himself one of the old Roman Catholic families of Scotland—Miss Barr shows a par- tiality for the "old faith," which we do not remember to have noticed in her books before—falls in love with Roberta, daughter of a Free-Kirk minister. This is one source of trouble ; another is the misguided conduct of the hero's father in evicring the Torquil clan to make room for modern improvements. This part _of the story is excellent, and the scene in which the heir, after coming into possession, goes to visit his exiled clansmen in the West, is peculiarly touching. Altogether, it is a good story. No one will care to inquire whether or no the deliverance which the "Beads of Tasmer " work for the ancient house of Torquil is 'probable.
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