Her Last Run. By the Hon. Mrs. W. R. D.
Forbes. 2 vols. (F. V. White and Co.)—There is plenty of hunting and love-making in Her Last Run, and also some little dramatic power ; otherwise, the characters do not call for much comment. Madge, the heroine, is the best. They all ride very straight, so much so that three of them nearly break their necks ; and one, a lady, is actually killed at the end of the second volume. On the whole, there is plenty of incident, and the plot, a good one, is well worked out. The wicked woman of the story is decidedly a cold-blooded creature, and is drawn as only one woman can draw another. By-the-way, we should like to know how the telegram from the post-office could be in the same writing as that on the form taken to the office ! The writer is somewhat too fond of using the slang of the hunting- field, and is at the same time impressed with the idea that she must write up to a style. Both these are bad faults, and there is yet another,—her men are very rough and rude to the women they love, to say nothing of swearing. A gentleman must have other virtues besides hard-riding.
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