The Belvidere; or, the Warning Maiden. By William Dwarris. (Digby
and Long.)—This is a sensational story, written, to all appearance, by a novice. It opens with the murder of a man who is, happily, perhaps a good deal more of a villain than of a hero. The murder has, of course, to be concealed, the heroine has to be blamed for it. and the hero has to believe circumstantial evidence against her ; and there are, on the whole, perhaps even more than the usual number of the complications that seem appropriate in fiction of this class. The author writes, however, it should be said, in a somewhat spasmodic fashion ; and it must be allowed, further, that the hunted heroine, does not make quite as much as she might and ought of her opportunities. Mr. Dwarris's heroes have also a somewhat stagey look. At the same time, a good deal of artistic vigour is exhibited in certain of the secondary scenes of the story ; and this justifies a belief that its author will produce something better ere long.
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