Coggin. By Ernest Oldmeadow. (Grant Richards. 7s. It is rather
an invidious task to he asked to comment on the first volume of a three-volume novel, for this the opening book of the biography of Harry Coggin avowedly is. It can only be 'Simon. By J. Storer Clousion. London : Blackwood. [as.
said that the story has a piomising beginning, and that the foundations of the edifice are well and truly laid. But the good beginning of what is to develop into a long and careful piece of work is not enough to go by. Will the character of the hero unfold in a natural and convincing manner, and will his adventures in youth and manhood continue to hold the attention of the reader ? At present all that we can be sure of is that Harry, his home and his school, grip the attention, and it Is to be hoped that the appearance of the promised sequels will not be too long deferred lest the first impression grow dim and the desire to know what becomes of the hero fade into indifference.
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