Asserted, but not Proved. By A. Bower. (T. Maher Unwin.)
— Olive Beauchamp, the heroine of this simple story, 78 a governess, and a very good specimen of a woman who is independent and courageous, without ceasing to be womanly. Her lover is a good sort of man, bat not the hero, a character which seems to belong to Robert Base, the bank-manager. He is a really good study ; the other men are somewhat shadowy. Mrs. Gray, the clerk's wife, is an admirable being, somewhat after the Poyser type, who con- tributes no little to what is the best part of the story,—the vigorously written and thoughtful dialogne.—The Miser of King's Court, by Clara Mulholland (Burns and Oates), is a short story, intended for children, and not without merit, but somewhat spoilt, we cannot but think, by a general air of improbability.
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