Renie, a pretty Catholic girl, kept in the country with no knowledge of life or of her own parentage, serves the cruel Mrs. Sherwood well until her death and then flies forth into the world to enjoy her freedom. She encounters many tragic things, but her courage enables her to straighten out a serious tangle and save the man she loves from a murderer’s death.
Holyoake, George Jacob. [Bygones worth remembering.] 2 vols. [*]$5. Dutton.
The author, who has for many years taken an active part in all movements toward the bettering of the conditions of the working classes gives interesting details concerning the progress of the English nation during the last few decades and reminiscences of Harriet Martineau, Mazzini, Kossuth, John Stuart Mill, Lord Shaftesbury, Garibaldi, and Gladstone. There are many illustrations.
“In this later book the gold is beaten rather thin; and, in fact, the reminiscences—which are none of them to be described as wildly exciting—are eked out with extracts from newspapers.”
| + — | Acad. 68: 145. F. 18, ‘05. 1230w. |
“As a contribution to the history of the political and social progress of the nation these ‘Bygones’ are of great value.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 232. F. 25, 1490w. |
Reviewed by H. Addington Bruce.
| + + — | Bookm. 21: 605. Ag. ‘05. 1780w. |
Reviewed by Jeanette L. Gilder.