22 NOVEMBER 1890, Page 27

The Spoilt Twins. By Emily Dibdin. (Nisbet.)—This is a story

the moral of which is to all intents and purposes conveyed by the title. The only fault to be found with the story is its length. The " spoilt twins," Eric and Hilda, who have been allowed to run wild, are introduced into an exceedingly well- brought-up family. They have all sorts of troubles, and so have their little hosts and hostesses. All, of course, ends happily. Hilda, in particular, learns, like Mr. Gladstone, to adore what she burned,—in other words, she takes to music, which she once hated; while Eric, from being "a soft," becomes, after an illness, thoroughly manly. The Spoilt Twins is rather too obviously a religious story; otherwise it is decidedly fascinating in its own little way.