Like a Sister. By Madeline Crichton. (Digby, Long, and Co.)
—There is a good deal of Ireland, a considerable amount of China, and possibly a trifle too much of blackguardism of the " deep- dyed " sort in this interesting but too long-drawn-out story. Per- haps it should be added that in the character of Tom—otherwise Lord Vane-Tomlynes—who is the unfortunate Amy's second and better husband, there is a trifle too much of silliness. But silli- ness in such a lover is perhaps not only excusable, but desirable. Then the two sisters, who are the heroines of the story and the unquestionable centres of its interest, are genuinely and delight- fully Irish, and so are their male and female retainers and sur- roundings generally. Finally, the contrast between the good Ray and the bad Ray is effectively brought out, even although, as haa already been hinted, the bad one is a trifle too bad, and the physical contest between him and his hapless wife is prolonged to an almost repulsive extent. The naturalness of all the female characters, without exception, in Like a Sister, is its strongest and pleasantest feature.
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