21 JANUARY 1837, Page 20

Rose Talbot, a tale for children, is written with the

praise- worthy object of showing the irrationality and injustice of the prejudices too commonly entertained against stepmothers, and the mischievous influence of ignorance and malevolence in exciting this feeling in families. An artful governess and a meddling maid work upon the mind of Rose Talbot, and " set her against her mother-in-law ;" but she finds by experience that her father's new wife is really a kind friend, and tenderly regards his daughter's welfare. The moral is very cleverly worked out, though a little too much in the " novel.' style.