2 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 24

Manasseh. Retold from the Hungarian of Dr. Maurns Akai by

Percy Favor Bicknell. (J. Macqueen. 6s.)—" Retold" means that the translator has considerably shortened what he calls the "pitiless prolixity" of the original. It is a pity that he could not have excised the earlier chapter& The story here centres in a divorce case of a kind which is commonly disposed of in cameri. But when we get away from Rome, and reach "the romance ef Transylvania" which the title-page promises us, we do better. Still, Manasseh, at its best, is a long way behind "Mack Diamonds."