19 DECEMBER 1891, Page 25

A Knight without Spurs. By Mrs. James Martin. (J. F.

Shaw.) —This is an unusually well-written book. Mrs. Martin knows her subject, and draws her characters with uncommon vigour. Her " knight," Ted Jarvis, is a genuine man, and little Judy, whom he befriends, and who by her passive influence upon him more than repays his service, a very pathetic sketch. Mrs. Martin, too, keeps sentiment in its right place. This element in her story is subor- dinated to other interests with much tact and taste.