The Great Awakening. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Ward, Lock, and
Co. Cs.)—An awful confusion was created in Steven- son's "Wrong Box" by the mischievous youths who "played billy with the labels" of the luggage and goods of the Loudon and South-Western Railway Company. This confusion, however, was not for a moment to be compared with the results of "the Great Awakening," in which the memory, and almost the identity, of a young lady were recklessly "played billy" with. Fortu- nately the miracle-mongers are able at the end to undo their work, and the original Eleanor awakes to consciousness. For the " Hyde " whom the mysterious operation reveals is not pleasant company. Mr. Oppenheim hardly gives enough details for his book to be convincing. If you want people to believe in -the unbelievable, you must give them minute details as to how the said unbelievable happened to occur. However, the story is fairly readable, if not very distinguished.
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