Amy Vivian's Ring. By H. M. Greenhow. (Skeffington and Son.)—This
is a gruesome, but, on the whole, well-constructed and powerful story of an unfortunate Anglo-Indian girl who, thanks to a peculiar ring, is under a curse, which she tragically " fulfils " by murdering her husband immediately after marriage. The sad fortunes of poor Amy do not occupy the whole of the book, although the fate that is clearly in store for her from the first overshadows it. The interest of the reader is absorbed by a protracted combat between Captain Arthur Tyndall, a gallant officer and skilful detective, and the two leaders of a Thug con- spiracy he is engaged in unearthing. He has his troubles and dangers, and, among other things, narrowly escapes becoming Amy's husband. He is aided by a rather melodramatic dwarf, who is in the long run crunched up by an alligator ; and the scene in which, disguised as a merchant, he surprises and defeats the Thugs, while all the time he seems to be completely entrapped by them, is sketched with very great skill.
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