5 DECEMBER 1896, Page 14

The Power of the Dog. By Rowland Grey. (Jarrold and

Sons.) -We are sorry to see that " Rowland Grey," who has done better things, can find nothing else to write about than a married woman's love for a man who is not her husband. This is not what we should have expected in view of the books that have borne this name ; and, indeed, in this volume there is much that is too good for the company in which it finds itself.