George Goring's Daughters. By M. E. Carr. (Smith, Elder, and
Co. 6s.)—Lucy and Ann Goring must have been akin to Jane Eyre, though the relationship is not stated; and Mr. Fabian must have been a reincarnation of Mr. Rochester. He comes on the two girls on the moor. Lucy is reading, and lets the book fall. "The stranger stepped forward, bent and restored it to her hand. 'Go on reading,' he commanded." That is exactly what Mr. Rochester would have done. All through the book we are reminded of the Brontë manner, for the lesser sisters are repre- sented also. Well, the reader may very easily have worse enter- tainment than that. We cannot profess to be satisfied with the working out of the story. Poor Ann is heroically self-sacrificing, and we feel that she is hardly receiving all her due when her reward is to live with Lady Chilbury. Again we are visited by a reminiscence. This time it is from " Tancred," where, when we are expecting some hint at least as to the solving of the spiritual problem of the East, we are told that the Duke has arrived at Jerusalem.
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