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Allina Grey; or, the Decision. By G. M. Sterne. (Longman.)—We

would gladly recommend this story to all young people, but though the tone is generally good, the authoress shows herself unable to appreciate the opinions of others. We should net like our young girls, if we had any, to think that French governesses insinuated themselves into Eng- lish families for the purpose of effecting conversions, or that they paved the way to Rome by lending their pupils French novels and taking them to French theatres.