Guide, Philosopher, and Friend. By Mrs. Herbert Martin. (Griffith and
Farran.)—Phillis Carr, who is acting as companion to a distant relative, and endures all the miseries that her situation can mean, falls-in at a watering-place with a family of nouveaux riches, good, simple folk, who are perplexed rather than spoilt by wealth. To them Phillis becomes "guide, philosopher, and friend." She is to introduce them to society, a difficult task which circumstances enable her to perform beyond what might have been expected. Along with this there are certain complications of love-affairs. Phillis puts her lover to a teat which he does not answer, and finds a more congenial
mate in the family by which she has been adopted. There is some good characterisation in the story. The old father is a peculiarly pleasing character, and the story may be pronounced a success.
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