6 DECEMBER 1890, Page 13

Claude and Claudia. By Mrs. Herbert Martin. (Griffith, Farran, and

Co.)—This is a somewhat melancholy story—melan- choly stories seem to us somewhat out of place in the peculiar kind of literature which we are now reviewing—but written with considerable ability. Louis Dumaresq, the self-contained man who so carefully conceals his feeling under a cold exterior, and his impulsive son, make an effective contrast. The plot, however, is of a kind that is suited rather for the ordinary novel than for a book especially intended for young readers.