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    Kate and Jean , by Jessie M . E . Saxby , is a a story of ' two young and independent J middle spinsters -class , * which life are is supposed admirably to ref be lected told in by this their gracefull landlady y-wr . itten The . descri lights ption and of shadows the fight of I 1

    vivid with fort and une seem by ing tw ly o ar poor tless , re manner fined , but in which friendless the contrast girls . in The character charm of between the boo Kate k li and es in Jean the J ,

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    a one daug marries hter of a p the hilanthrop manse— ist is and the the very other embodiment & poet , both of of lov whom e and tenderness play a prominent . In the part in , \ the story . The way in which the girls themselves are drawn is much more true to life

    than the kind of experiences through which they are supposed to have passed . The scene of Miss Annie S . Swan ' s new story Sbeila is laid in a romantic part of ! the Highlands . The ;

    lieroine is a captivating girl , artless , ' sensibleand good

    who inherits , the , estate of her

    stepfather , a Scotch laird , to the exclusionof

    , the next-of-kin , a chivalrous young fellow ¦ ¦

    ¦ v ^*~^ w ^^» ^^ b ^^^ ^^^^^ " ^^ " ^ ^» ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ " ^^ ri ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ > ^~^ » ^ called Fergus Mac-Leod . He refuses to

    take any part against the winsome girlto

    whom his uncle , has ^ left ^ ^^^ ^^ B V ^ the ^ pp ^^> ^^^ ^^^^ ^ famil *^> ^ P ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ b ^^^ V y es ^^^ P ^ P ^ P ^^

    -tates , but in the end everything is righted bhis marriage to

    Sheila y . The lihts and shadows of Scot g -

    tish life are admirably — ^ k-v r ^« r ^ k » v reflected ^^ ^ tpr « p >^ i ^^^ ^|^ ^|^ ^^ ^^^» in ^^^ ^ B the w ^^^ ^ NPT

    story , and the character - ~ of Sheila is B > PJT —**^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ V ^^ P ^ ^ Pk ^ ^ pf ^ PB ^ h ^^ p * ^^ p

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    -out in a manner ¦ . realistic which a hei . as « g hten well s the as

    — — ' ^ v a ^ . * s _ r ^ , x ^ WW V ^ A «^ V »^ p * I the pleasant impression of the book .

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    a tal - - »• e « . ¦* of «** ju Scotch . ¦ , ¦ MJVJL X folk * y » , AfcJ , written written chiefly chieflv in in

    the Scotch dialect . Malcolm wiiu Grierson

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    , M who > n of belonged a poor widow to the ,

    < < Covenanters arly arlv the thft lad ln . rl . showed n"hr Very . iic-ftinl

    si ^ ns of extraordinary talentand 1 laving excelled , at ,

    » ^• chool is way , to foug St ht . Andrews U 11 iversit y , where he

    carried all before ' . proving 1 him , and there finally settled be , down everi as minister in minister of a . quiet wooing kirk - Other Ho n > arries le twice who come ; the to first the »/*« . » - > time fore [ \

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    ' ^ ve is deserted well told b . y him The , story comes is to interesting Scotland throug to find hout him . out . The bitter result of a wrongful I , ¦

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    . .... ; Pec . 6 , 1889 The Publishers * Circular rS 97 | :

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1597, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/63/