Fighting his Way. By the Rev. H. C. Adams. (Routledge
and Sons.)—It may be hoped that the difficulties which the Reverend Leslie Rice encountered in the parish where he had his first curacy are things of the past. However this may be, the descrip- tion of what he went through, and of how he made his way in the end, makes a good story. We are inclined, however, to regret that it is mixed up with a somewhat melodramatic tale of a villainous younger son, who succeeds to a baronetcy and the estates, and is then dispossessed by the reappearance of an elder brother, wnoro every one had supposed to be lost. The realism of one part of the book and the romance of the other do not go very well together. One story we must quote. His eccentric vicar is com- plaining of the curates that he has been troubled with. One of them left on his promotion to the chaplaincy of a prison. "Good- bye to you ! " said one of his parishioners ; "I hope you'll preach that 'ere place as empty as you've preached this"
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