31 AUGUST 1889, Page 24

The Veiled Woman. By Wilfrid Wingate. (Thomas Laurie.)— We have

rarely read a story in which the signs of unskilful treat- ment and the absence of any real dramatic power were more man:- feat. The style is always commonplace, and sometimes detestable -

The phrasing is no better. The villain of the story is without ex- ception the feeblest villain that ever existed, even in print.