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A Girl's Destiny, by E. C. Clayton (Tinsley Brothers), is

a tolerably interesting tale, though the incidents throughout are of a well-worn type. A charming girl, devoted to a somewhat myster- ious father ; a fine young man, who comes home to a very disagree. able mother ; a will, found in an unlikely hiding-place, which contains remarkable provisions in reparation for a long-past injury,—such are the materials of the story, which is also diversified by a theatrical episode in connection with a wandering son. It is a pity that the style is so careless, the word " idiotical " being used much too often. It shows also a want of acquaintance with the habits of ladies, to send one out in the morning wearing a costly diamond bracelet.