George: a Story in Drab and Scarlet. By the Author
of "Our• Own Pompeii." 3 vols. (D. Stott.)—If there is nothing very profound or original in thought about George, nor anything very striking in the construction of the plot, yet it may be read with unwearied pleasure. The hero is half-English, half-Italian ; his English half is of Quaker extraction, his Italian, on the other hand, comes from the stage. This situation obviously supplies the material for a very pretty complication, of which the author makes good use. There is nothing exaggerated about the story which he tells, nothing that is not in good taste. There is plenty of humour, especially in the irrepressible "Aunt Jenny," a Friend of the very liveliest pattern that the rules of the Society could tolerate. The grandmother, on the other hand, is a very sweets pathetic figure. Generally the characterisation is excellent. We highly recommend George. It can be put into any hands ; yet no ono will find it wanting in flaVour.
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