6 NOVEMBER 1897, Page 14

The Mouse-Trap. By W. D. Howells. (David Dou g las.)—An amusing little

farce, which might be acted with effect. Woman's march to triumph can only be arrested, it is said, by a mouse crossing her path. Yet, it would seem, she knows—such is the craft of her sex—how to turn even this terror to good account. The dialogue is smart and the whole result a success.