1 OCTOBER 1898, Page 24

The Devil's Daughter. By Val Nightingale. (Digby, Long, and Co.)—T wo

rich Americans adopt a child,: found on their doorstep, who grows up to be a beautiful woman. She is the cause of untold evil, unwillingly, be it said ; but her name, "Diabline," is a sufficient indication of her parentage. The story is full of incident, smartly written, and the chara,-tera are in- teresting. At certain portions of the story " a dark, shadowy form " appears, and it must be admitted that this supernatural accessory rather detracts from the merit of The Devil's Daughter, as it at once removes it to the fairy-tale class.