The Adventures of Alicia. By Katharine Tynan. (F. V. White
and Co. 6s.)—The unfortunate Alicia would, if she had told the truth, have been obliged to say that her face was her misfortune, and not her fortune. She was so extraordinarily attractive that it was perfectly impossible for her to earn her own bread, as situation after situation had to be given up from fear of her wrecking the happiness of divers comfortable homes. The story is written with all Miss Tynan's pleasantness of style, though the reader cannot help feeling that a few of the adventures at the end are put in for the express purpose of extending the book. Neither the story of how Alicia is secretary to the novelist nor the awful adventure of her saving her next mistress's ring from the burglars seems to have much to do with the plot. Neither is the conduct of these same burglars very convincing. Miss Tynan is kind enough to endow her heroine at the end with boundless wealth, the result of the discovery of an immense treasure in the grounds of her betrothed lover. The story, if not very credible, is at any rate pleasing.
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