Monk of Monk's . Own. By Logh Knight. 3 vols. (Sampson
Low and Co.)—Of course the simplest reader understands, and is meant by the author to understand, that the Captain Monk who succeeds just in the nick of time to the inheritance which bears his name, and who becomes subject thereafter to fits of depression. turning ghastly pale when a certain brother who is supposed to have died without children is mentioned, is not "Monk of Monk's Own." Equally, of course, he understands that when the high-principled and beautiful daughter of the usurping lord seta to work to discover the rightful heir, the search will end as it is most convenient for her that the search should end,—that, to adopt Mr. Tennyson's words, she "shall still be Lady Clare." Never- theless, one may follow with a certain interest the working out of the inevitable. The young lady's search especially, though we have more than once seen narratives not unlike it, is well told. The most tedious part of the story is the love-making, of which there is an unusual quantity, with more complications, some of which appear to be wholly useless, than one cares to follow. The characters are drawn with a fair amount of skill. Mr. Preston, a nouveau riche, but an honest man, always afraid of shaming his well-bred son, is perhaps the best.
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