The Honourable Molly. By Katharine Tynan. (Smith, Elder, and Co.
6s.)—One of the best characters in this novel is Mrs. Lambert, an Englishwoman who has married an Irish squire, and become, according to custom, not a little Irish herself. One of her amiable ways is match-making, and it is in match-making that "Katharine Tynan" seems to find her chief pleasure. She does it very well. The three daughters of Creggs Castle do not seem very hopeful subjects ; they are desperately poor; a very dragon of family pride watches over them ; and there is nobody near. Yet it is very skilfully managed, except, perhaps, in the case of Nora, where the obstacle to the course of true love seems highly artificial. Molly herself is a very delightful person; her discovery of her consinship with Hugh Sinclair, and her escape from the loveless match which seems unavoidable, are very good. The way, too, in which "Aunt Thisbe" is dealt with is admirable: This is a very pleasant, clever story, which may be recommended absolutely without reserve.
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