Black, but Comely ; or, the Adventures of Jane Lee.
By J. G.Whyte- Melville. (Chapman and Hall.)—This novel, the last work of the well- known writer and sportsman, Major Whyte-Molville, is not equal to many of its predecessors. There are some bright and interesting passages in the story, but the heroine is undeserving of admira- tion or sympathy, the plot is poor and weak, and the tone is forced. It is remarkable that there is something of melancholy foreboding to be traced in many parts of the book, and that one of the main incidents is a fatal accident almost identical with that by which the author was killed while the sheets were actually in the press. In any future estimate of Major Whyte-Melville's place among English novelists, we do not think that his last novel will be taken into account at all.
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