A Great Temptation. By Dora Russell. 3 vols. (F. V.
White and Co.)—It is only fair to say that Miss Russell's book is not difficult to read. It is extended indeed to the orthodox three volumes ; but the pages are few, about seven hundred in all, and loosely printed, and would make, we calculate, one average octavo volume. The story moves with a certain briskness. The plot and characters are of a very commonplace kind. There are the usual misunderstandings, &c., which help to protract a tale, a well- meaning, but somewhat foolish heroine, two very spiteful women who hate her for very various reasons, and a doubtful hero, who, for a baronet in fiction, is not very wicked. We can hardly recommend A Great Temptation to our readers, but if they come across it, and have nothing else to do, they will find it tolerable.
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