A Woman to be Won. By Athene Brame. 2 vols.
(S. Tinsley.)— How are we to interpret the words "to be won ?" If in the strict sense of "that which ought to be, deserves to be won," we cannot agree with the author's description of the heroine, who is somewhat foolish and frivolous, and chooses the man who is evidently, even in the author's eyes, the less valuable of her two suitors. But women are sometimes, we suppose, foolish and frivolous, and often, we know, choose the worse man, and yet are worth describing, possibly too, in default of better, worth winning. Amaryllis Grey is certainly an attractive young per- son, and we do not wonder that she should have caused such excite- ment in the Hill station in India to which fortune brought her. If readers do not care for her and for the love-making of which she is the object, there are bright and picturesque scenes of Indian life, hunting adventure, and the like, to amuse them. These are unquestionably worth reading, and the denouement of the tale, if it is not satisfactory, is anyhow probable.
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