21 JANUARY 1893, Page 23

Miss Eyon of Eyon Court. By Katharine S. Macquoid. (Ward

and Downey.)—Mrs. Macquoid is not equal to herself in this story. It seems to us highly improbable from beginning to end ; while it does not possess compensating qualities in intensity of interest. There is, it is true, a surprise in the cldnouement of the tale, but it is not effective, so remote is the whole thing from life, —at least, from life as it exists under present conditions.