Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park. 'Vole.
V.-VI. of "The Novels of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition." (Grant Richards.)—The " Wincheiter Edition" continues to delight the., faithful readers of Jane Austen's works. How pleasant it is to have light yet, handsome and well-printed volumes in which to read respectively of the pride of Mr, Darcy and the gentleness of Fanny Price. Indeed, Fanny was a great deal too gentle, and her forbearance towards Aunt Norris must have encouraged in that lady every bad quality. For our part, we prefer Elizabeth, who is perhaps the most "alive "of all- Miss Austen's hatoines. She had almost, even if not quite, the wit not to be vdttamed of her vulgar relations. It is, on the whole, pleasant that this adition is not illustrated. We have all known Jane Austen's world too long and too well to bear with patience the drawings of even an able artist, who would, of course, give us his view of the appearance of our old friends, not our own. In the "Winchester Edition" the bows of Mr. Collins are executed in the mind's eye alone, and every one can picture Lady Bertram's pug for himself.
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