To Have and to Hold. By Sarah Stredder. 3 vols.
(Hurst and Blackett.)—Here we have a somewhat confused story, in which a great number of incidents are mixed up in a perplexing way. It begins with a rescue from a shipwreck on the Goodwins of a young lady and an old man, the later a money-lender. The lady has some interest in and right of succession to the property of an uncle ; but we remain to the last in some doubt, owing, perhaps, to a want of sufficient energy on our part, as to what this interest was. Of course, tha money-lender has a bold on the extravagant uncle. Then there comes in a cheque, which has been altered from £35 to £350,—very easily done in figures, but somewhat of a difficulty when we come to words, a difficulty which Miss Stredder recognises, but fails to over- come. After this, we have the story of an escape from justice, the police being strangely wanting in energy. On the whole, we are bound to say that this is a poor story, while we gladly acknowledge that there is not a word in it at which any one could take exception.
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