Out of Reach. By Hanle Stuart. (W. and R. Chambers.)—.The
establishment in which Miss Esnib Stuart's heroine finds herself is, to say the least, of an unusual kind; nor are Mrs. Sampson and her daughter Fanny people that one meets with every day. One must go back to other times, when circumstances made such things more possible, for examples of the audacity which made a prisoner of Miss Benita. This, however, is not a matter of much moment. We need not look too closely into the probability of the tales which we read at this time, nor make any di 1 culty if the element of romance is more than usually strong. If they are interesting, and if they are wholesome, with a good moral not too obtrusively enforced, they answer their purpose. Added the literary touch which Miss Stuart knows how to give, we have every reason for being content.
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