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or even account, of this story. When we have said

that it is a very cleverly contrived surprise, we have gone quite as far as is permitted by justice to the author, whose ingenuity would miss its reward by any revelation of his plot. For ourselves we must

own that the surprise was complete, and we have had no slight experience in the reading of novels and the guessing at mysteries.

Having said so much, and heartily recommended the story to our readers, who will find it as wholesome as it is interesting, we have done all that is possible.