3 JANUARY 1880, Page 32

Love's Bondage. By Laurence Brooke. (Samuel Tinsley.)—This novel is a

disagreeable one, for more than one reason. It is morbid and materialistic. The author has some ability, and some facilit,y, but his tone is unpleasant, and his views of life and its duties do not recommend themselves to either our taste or our judgment.