The Bushranger's Secret. By Mrs, Henry Clarke. (Blackie and Son.)—This
is certainly one of the best stories we have had of the Australian Bush, well told, with a good plot, an action always
good, and rising into dramatic intensity at times. In spite of its title, the treatment is without pretence, and the effect all the more enhanced. Gray is a striking study of an uncertain character, whose career hangs in the balance at the outset, but whom fiery trials purify into a true man. Lumley is an artistic and thorough-going villain, whose absolute and unconquerable un-
belief in man's disinterestedness, and revolting treachery, are brought out most powerfully. The background across which these figures move is good in proportion ; altogether, The Bush- ranger's Secret is a story of an unusually high order of merit, and worth anybody's while to read.
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