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Heathcote. By Ella MacMahon. 2 vols. (Ward and Downey.)— We

have not much to say about Heathcote; it is very uninteresting, and preserves a dull commonplace level all through. The troubles of the young lady who breaks off her engagement owing to the mercenary manner in which her relatives regard it, is natural; but the excess to which she carries her pride before accepting her suitor, necessitating, as we foresaw, an accident, soon destroys our interest in her. We must in justice remark, however, that there are only two volumes of Heat hcote.