Mary. By Winifred Graham. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—Whether or not
the author of this book is herself quite sure what she is driving at, she leaves her readers in considerable perplexity. It is not certain whether she means the heroine of her story to be a true reincarnation of the Mother of our Lord, or only a. spirit returning to earth in order to bring before human beings the probable attitude of mind of the Virgin Mary. The novel, though cleverly written, is from this very uncertainty not particularly impressive. The only excuse which the author could make for touching on such a subject at all would be success in investing it with a deep solemnity. This Miss Graham has not succeeded in doing, and therefore perhaps, in the interests of what we may be permitted to call spiritual good taste, it would have been better if she had not published the story.
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