Wedded to Sport. By Mrs. E. Kennard. 3 vole. (F.
V. White and Co.)-1 man piqued by the marriage of a woman who had always waited, and got tired of waiting, for a declaration of love, proposes to an almost unknown girl, who accepts him as a way out of money difficulties, for her mother must undergo an ex- pensive operation. Such is the plot of Mrs. Kennard's novel, as sound as most novel-plots perhaps ; and, indeed, Wedded to Sport is one of the most satisfactory of the writer's productions. There is less that is disagreeable than we have grown accustomed to in sporting novels, and the heroine is a really well-drawn character. We had hoped, indeed, that she would escape the fate so general to female heroines, but alas ! almost at the end of the story she falls in love with a stranger while her husband yet lives. The description of the life the husband and wife lead—he a sporting brute, she a refined, sensitive, though strong character—is very well done, and not over-drawn. The scene at the dinner-party, after the steeplechase, is very good indeed. It is all in unusually good taste, told with restraint, and could be read by almost anybody.
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