Girls of Merton College. By L. T. Meade. (W. and
R. Chambers. 5s.)—We must own that we are not well acquainted with the ways and customs of such institutions as Merton College, Castlobridge. It is possible that the girls may row in five-oar boats, as the picture on the binding would seem to suggest. Anyhow, Mrs. L. T. Meade has shown not a little courage in venturing to build a story on them. Early in the action of the tale we have a complication. Katherine Drayton, who is the heroine of the story, gives a fellow student two £5 notes to buy some ornamental furniture for her room; the girl loses them and borrows the money from an under- graduate. This sounds very unlikely, as does the whole business of the play which follows. Mrs. L. T. Meade always writes what is pleasant to read, and her girls are never dull; still we cannot profess to admire this chronicle of their doings.
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