24 OCTOBER 1896, Page 26

Little Lady Lee. By Mrs. Lovett-Cameron. (F. V. White and

Co.)— Here we have again the old story of which there is an endless supply, and, we can hardly refuse to believe, for which there is an endless demand. A wife marries the wrong man. Will death release her from the bond, or will she release herself? The obstacle is removed—the novelist might complain if we revealed the method—and a happier venture, for so we are at liberty to believe, in the absence of a second volume, is made. How wearisome is this cranibe repetita, and without any kind of novelty in the way of sauces, or particular skill in cooking !