Clare of Clarsemede. By Charles Gibbon. 3 vole. (Sampson Low
and Co.)—Mr. Gibbon has two manners, that of the ordinary novel, and that of the historical romance. It is in the second that he succeeds, we think, the better. His tales never flag, and certainly are not deficient in incident. We might even say that the incidents are possibly too crowded. But that is a fault on the right side in the story of action, the class to which Clare of Claresenele and its predecessors certainly belong. This time Mr. Gibbon takes us to the time of the Parliamentary War. His story opens with the King's escape from Naseby field, and takes ne down to the late days of Cromwell. There is a large admixture of private interests in the tale. Altogether, Mr. Gibbon has worked a familiar subject with a practical hand, and has produced a work which will doubtless please many readers.
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