Parson Prince. By Florence Moore. (Bemrose and Sons.)— Miss Moore
has our sympathies when she holds up Parson Prince to our admiration. Still, we cannot help suggesting that she makes him accomplish too many successes. One or two reforma- tions should have sufficed her. So many, ending with the ordina- tion of the Wesleyan minister, dispose a reader to be incredulous. Miss Moore has something to say, but she must learn to say it a little better. It is distinctly an anticlimax when we are told that certain artisans held "not only atheistic, but revolutionary, opinions." We do not think that David Wragg, even though he was a schoolmaster, would have said to the young woman he was in love with "We must retrace our steps, Miss Hutton. I seemed to forget how time was passing in this welcome opportunity of having a chat with you." "This has been very pleasant, but I'm afraid it's time to go back," would be more like it, if we may venture on a lesson in style.
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