Through Troubled Waters. By Hannah Lynch. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)—Though
this cannot be called a pleasant tale, it is not without considerable merit. Miss Lynch is Irish and she is patriotic, but her patriotism is not unreasonable or partial. Indeed, she says some things about one particular part of Ireland which would hardly make her welcome there. The plot of her tale is to exhibit a good fellow bearing the blame of the sins of others, and a bad one basely allow- ing what belonged to himself so to be borne. All at last comes right ; but the process is not an easy one, and takes both writer and readers by ways that are not agreeable. The most vivid character in the book is the impetuous priest, Father Murphy. When Miss Lynch writes again, she really must put something less of horror into her book. The woman who poisons her daughters to secure the in- heritance for her son is a monstrous creation which might very well have been dispensed with.
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