“No Place for Repentance”: By Ellen F. Pinsent: (London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1896.): A very sad little story is this of Harold Champion, clerk in holy orders, of whom it could truly be said (as, indeed, his temporary parishioners did say), “He saved others, himself he cannot save.” Upright, honest, hardworking, with a hatred of strong drink, yet time after time at long intervals the drink craving seizes him, and the strong man who dissuades others from the poisoned cup, himself, drains it to the bottom. Miss Pinsent’s scenes are laid in and about a quiet little town or village in Lincolnshire Marshland, and the quaint rural life and the sturdy rural personalities are described with ability. “No Place for Repentance” is ably and touchingly written.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949