14 DECEMBER 1889, Page 25

Ruby's Choice. By Mary E. Gellie (" M. E. B.")

(Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—This is a story of love-making, lucky and un- lucky. A certain Ruby St. Leger is the principal character. She begins by marrying an Italian—Italians, we have observed, are commonly in fiction either short-lived or worthless, and sometimes both—but ends with a happiness that seems to be beyond her deserts, for her second husband is a model English clergyman. There is nothing remarkable about the tale ; but it is brightly and pleasantly told.