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Miss Plumtree has talents for this sort of composition, which we have no doubt, with proper cultivation, will place her on an equality with many of her fair country-women whose names are recognised with pleasure by the public. The Rector's Son, however, is not of the first order of novels. The plan is ill digested, and the events are not conducted with due regard to probability. These are evidently the faults of a young writer, who will improve by practice and observation. The characters are traced with some ingenuity, and the tendency is perfectly moral.
[complete]. Provided by Julie Shaffer, July 1999.
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