The Arab's Pledge : a Tale of Morocco in 1830.
By E. L. Mier& (Hatchard.)—This story was written more than twenty-five years ago, and may be skimmed by rapid readers in as many minutes. It turns on the treatment of the Jews in Morocco at a time when the whole race was systematically maltreated, and when the word of a Jew was of ne j avail in a Court of law against. that of a Mussulman. Although, as we have said, the book will not detain the reader long, some parts of it will interest him much, especially the chapter headed "Blood for Blood," where we feel a breathless sympathy with the captive Arab. The two escapes of the Jewish heroine are also related with much spirit, and, as the tale ends satisfactorily after promising to be tragic, and gives us the excitement of danger without its stern and sad realities, we may safely put it in the hands of the readers for whose peace of mind we are responsible.
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