26 OCTOBER 1907, Page 24

Ferriby. By Mrs. Vere Campbell. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)— This

is the story of an old family which has gone down in the world while keeping its ancestral house, Ferriby Grange. The personages of the drama are some of them rather brutally drawn, and the whole story is somewhat of the type first introduced to the world by Emily Brenta. Unfortunately, Mrs. Campbell's powers of execution are not on a par with her con- ception of the novel. There is, however, a certain amount of latent power in the story, which appears, by the title-page, to be a first work. If the author will cultivate lucidity of thought and style her books in future may become really worth reading.