The Wrong Man. By the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Montgomery. 2
vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)—Might we hazard a conjecture that Mrs. Mont- gomery has become, and was not born, a Roman Catholic ? Such things would ordinarily be no concern'of ours, especially in reviewing a novel; but this novel seems to be written for no other purpose except to ex- press how mach better and more pleasant it is to be a Roman Catholic than to be a Protestant or a Rationalist. It has, indeed, a story, which might be concentrated into a very few pages, meant to justify the title. One young man robs a bank, and another young man takes the blame upon himself. So one "wrong man" suffers, and another "wrong man" seems likely to get much more happiness than he deserves, but it all comes right in the end. The hero, who had acted, we think, most unjustifiably, is rehabilitated; all the deserving people are married, and let us hope increase, in due time, the number of good Catholics.
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