The City of the Just. By Thomas Terrell. (Trischler and
Co.) —Mr. Terrell thinks meanly of City financiers, company-pro- moters, and the like. Indeed, he thinks meanly of mankind. He writes, for instance :—" In every man's character there are govern- ing principles of hatred, malice, envy, avarice, vanity, which are the powers originating his actions, but which h3 never recognises." This is a pretty strong statement —" in every man's character." It is made apropos of a certain Ritualist rector of a Welsh parish, who pretends to be actuated by a Ca:hurc zeal, but is really acting under the influence of a desire for notoriety, or vanity, one of Mr. Terrell's "originating powers." In the end, however, he thinks better of it, makes a judicious compromise, and generally amends his ways, for he is not otherwise an admirable man. The rascal of the story is a v:llainous stockbroker. There is a hero and two heroines, one of whom has a very tragical fate indeed. The story moves briskly enough, and is sufficiently readable.
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