16 MAY 1868, Page 19

The Darwins. A Tale. By A. M. D. L. (Saunders,

Otley, and Co.) —We cannot think for whom this tale is intended. Girls and oven boys might have road it in the old times on a Sunday afternoon, when nothing better was attainable; bat the old times must have passed away whoa Mr. Kingsley writo3 in Sunday magazines. But the book, if it is dull, is thoroughly harmless : everything turns out as it should. The naughty young hero is humbled. The stern uncle proves to be very kiud-hearted. The faithless lover who jilts the heroine appears in the last chapter, and we have tho satisfaction of seeing that ho has grown very stout and looks discontented. The heroine marries the rector of the parish. Bat the young must not expect to find the world such a paradise as this.