The Mystery of the Castle. By M. P. Boyd. (James
Nisbet and Co. Gs.)—The heroine, Nadine, is a lively American girl who goes to stop with her step-grandparents in a Scotch castle. They
live a quiet life, are obliged to be careful, and are sheltering a wayward son from the law, so that Nadine finds herself in the position of the proverbial fish out of water. The mystery is explained, and to the girl's satisfaction, but in the meantime she has become reconciled to the somewhat lonely life. The routine of the life at Castle Crailree is cleverly and faithfully sketched, and Nadine herself is an interesting type, a spirited, sharp- witted, amusing girl of impulsive disposition. The minister's daughter makes an admirable foil. Perhaps the best character in the book is the Scotch servant, a hard-featured, kind-hearted woman of that sterling type peculiar to the North.
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