The Prince's Diamond. By Emeric Hulme-Beaman. (Hutchin- son and Co.)—This
book, by the author of " Ozmar the Mystic," is a thoroughly attractive romance. George Travers, who tells the story, picks up a diamond ring which is well known, and said to possess a peculiar property, though the finder him- self knows nothing about it. It is through this property, and a remarkable resemblance to the ruler of a State in Eastern Europe, whom he afterwards personates at a critical period, that the events here narrated take place. Interest in the story is well sustained throughout, and the characters are well drawn ; indeed, the vanity, conceit, and egotism of Travers are depicted in a way worthy of our best novelists. This delightful character alone would be sufficient to make the book a success. We con- sider that the book is as good as any we have read lately, and will at once place Mr. Hulme-Beaman on the list of successful writers.
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