2 JANUARY 1897, Page 35

Violet Vereker's Vanity. By A. E. Armstrong. (Blackie and Son.)—The

form of snobbishness which forbids social inter-

course with people in trade furnishes material for the history of Violet Vereker's vanity. It is Violet and her girl-friend who attempt to hold themselves aloof from some newly arrived people not unconnected with soap-boiling; the heroine soon changes her mind, but her friend's family are taught a severe lesson before they come round. There is a good moral in the story and some humour. Miss Armstrong, we see, rightly makes the young people the principal offenders, and such, indeed, is always the case. We can recommend this story as a very sensible exposition of that particular form of snobbishness.