Petronilla Heroven.- By U. L. Silberrad. Constable and Co. Os.)—Petronilla
is a very interesting person indeed, though the admiration with which we regard her is mingled with a certain incredulity. And she is supported as a protagonist in Miss Silberrad's drama by some excellent minor characters,—the bitter and surly grandfather, Job Wopling and his wife, the highly conventional Stidstone family, and others. On the other hand, there is a set of people in whom we do not feel any interest. The "woodman" is one of these, we regret to say, for he has a very important part in the play ; herein, too, we differ from the admirable Petronilla. The mysteriously wicked Philip Rundell is another. In this distaste we include all the "blue diamonds" part of the story. We do not feel sure that we understand it, and we certainly dislike it. For all this, Petronilla Heroven is a book to be -re-commended. Much of it is conceived and expressed in a quite masterly way.
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