17 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 40

Angela. By Alice Weber. (Walter Smith and Innes.)—This is

a pretty though perhaps somewhat improbable story. It is not likely that any child would be brought up as is Miss Weber's heroine. Again, if this were possible, we do not think that the result would have been the one depicted here. Still, the tale is undeniably pretty. The influence which the unselfish little child obtains over her uncle's middle-aged friend, and the change in his life and opinions which she unconsciously brings about, is very well worked out. Miss Weber paints her characters with a skilful and delicate hand. If the child Angela is a little unnatural, she is nevertheless cleverly drawn. The book is a study, and certainly an interesting one.