Tryfield. By • G. and M. Hayling. (Hodder and Stoughton.
6s.)—This is a very prolix and painstaking novel, telling in immense detail of the second marriage of a widower and-a widow, who both have families. The interest of the story centres in the respective sons of this rather middle-aged, bride and bride- groom, and although Christopher, Sir James Maine's son, is carefully drawn, Alexander Wainwright, Mrs. Wainwright's eldest son, is really the pivot of the book. He is most minutely described. and, as he is unfortunately a very disagreeable little boy, the story suffers greatly from his occupying such a prominent position. Indeed, the whole novel is not so interesting as it would have been if the grown-up people in it had been described from the point of view of the author. They are really seen through the eyes of the children, and this is not particularly lively for the reader. The book has evidently been written with very great care.
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