24 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 25

Vere Thornleigh's Inheritance. By A. M. Hopkinson. (London Literary Society.)—When

the author of a novel, in the course of an elaborate description of his, or her, heroine, tells us that " a fortuitous sigh escaping from between her red lips broke the spell of her immobility," we make up our minds not to expect too much. Vere Thornleigh's Inheritance is, however, better than it promises to be, for though there are too many flowers of style like the one just culled, and though both characters and incidents are some- what conventional, the story is interesting and wholesome. The conversations are particularly easy and natural, and the book may be read with pleasure.