Only an Actress. By Edith Stewart Drewry. 3 vols. (F.
V. White and Co.)—We cannot compliment Miss Drewry on this book. It is the story of a girl who was, by tarns, a street arab, a police spy, and a very wonderful actress, and who is supposed to go un- harmed through her very strange experiences. Among these is her connection with a gang of thieves, whom she betrays to the police. In reward for this service, she is. made a police spy in London and Paris. After various adventures in both cities, and having in addition to her other accomplishments become the " decoy" of a gambling saloon, she returns to England, and at the early age of sixteen bursts upon the London world as an accomplished, high-class actress. Her "Juliet" takes the town by storm, and she succeeds in every character she essays. We have not patience to follow her through the vicissitudes of her life; but the crisis of her fate is, that being made the subject of a gambling quarrel between two of her admirers, she is stabbed in defending one of them, marries him, and " lives happily ever after." We should like to know by what process the author evolves these wonders.
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