A November Cry. By Frances Burmester. (Smith, Elder, and Co.
6s.)—The author of this book very truly remarks that it is really two stories in one, and it must be owned that one of these stories is vastly more agreeable than the other. Rebecca Neave, the young farmer who lives alone with a woman cousin, is a very attractive figure, and there is a great deal of the charm of open- air life in the part of the book which refers to these young women. Becky's love affair, too, is prettily depicted, though the dilemma of Dick Brittain is not quite so serious a one as he appears to find it. Very different, however, are the chapters which refer to the brothers Mayhew. They are intended to be "powerful," and, as usual, "powerful " means disagreeable. The two sides of the book jar upon each other a little, and it cannot be said to make a very well-constructed whole.
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