24 MARCH 1883, Page 26

Talbot's Folly. By W. B. Guinee. (Tinsley Brothers.)—This is a

story with a well-constructed plot, and fall of a humour which, if rather broad and rollicking, is enjoyable, if too much of it is not taken at a time. Talbot, the hero, is a spirited young fellow, and the "Blossom," with whom his " folly " brings him into the rela- tions of fiction, is a pleasing contrast to the young ladies who figure in ordinary novels of the day. Wellbore, as a typical Member of Parliament, is, however, a mere caricature ; and poli- tical life generally is looked at too much from the stand-point of the Reporters' Gallery. If, however, Talbot's Folly is a first effort, it is more than ordinarily promising.