The Three Daughters of Night. By Derek Vane. (Hutchinson and
Co.)—John MacGregor is a fine study of a strong man ; we could all wish to have such a friend, whose character and whose refinement of feeling would make the trials of life bearable. The Luttrells are an interesting couple, and the wife is the ideal of a life made perfect with suffering. AlacGregor's temptation, though an effective motive at the end of the story, is quite unnecessary ; the interests of the drama would have boon quite sufficient to have kept our interest without the introduction of such additional complication. Why does a writer drag in these rather unpleasant things ? It is not as if it had been the pivot on which the whole plot moved. The real art is to keep unneces- sary motives and figures out of a canvas. However, there is much pathos in the tale, which continues to excite our sympathy to the last page. The title is a little absurd.
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