2 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 48

One Woman's Work. By Annette Lyster. (S.P.C.K. 2s.) — This

is a very forcibly drawn picture of a determined, high- spirited woman, dominated by a sense of duty. Her husband deserts her, and she sets herself with great courage to provide for her children, not content with making a livelihood for them, but determined to raise them to a higher social plane. Her husband comes back, a wreck in health and strength; she sees that the future of the children is assured, and she goes back to him, leaving a position of ease and independence to work for and tend him. It is a really striking book in its way, not only far more wholesome but far more readable than the average novei.