Poor and Plain. By the Author of "Dethroned." (Griffith, Farran,
and Co.)—Doubtless it is well that the author of this " story for elder girls " should have had the courage to represent a heroine without the usual attractions. Whatever they may be in fiction, in real life many girls are poor, and some at least are plain ; and the fortunes of a heroine to whom both terms are applicable should be followed with interest. Lucy Everard, however, has that which makes up for all defects. She has capacity, good sense, and good principles. Fortune, too, favours her, perhaps it may be said, in an uncommon degree. After a very brief time, she finds herself settled as companion and friend to a quite ideal old lady ; in time, great opportunities of work and usefulness open up before her ; a lover, too, is not wanting. The author disposes of him in a somewhat merciless way, apparently because she wants his fortune for Lucy to make a good use of. In the end, then, the heroine turns out to be something out of the com- mon. Will some one write a story, " Poor, Plain, and Stupid " ?
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