24 DECEMBER 1910, Page 28

A Double Conquest. By H. Y . . Dawbarn. (Charles H. Kelly.

3s. 6d.)—Here we have quite the old-fashioned story, with the mischievous children who mean well, the bigoted parson who is a good fellow all the same, the haughty aunt, the worldly cousin, even the brother taken for a lover and postponing happiness for seven years, and at last, " spectators in their crowds notwithstand- ing, my husband imprinted a kiss upon my brow."