25 JUNE 1870, Page 20

The Bairns ; or Janet's Love and Service. By the

Author of " Christie Redfern's Troubles." (Hodder and Stoughton.)—We have not found this " tale from Canada" very easy reading, though the different scones and manners do something to help it off. The best part of the book is before we get to Canada; the Minister's experiences in Merleville, a New England town ; there are some entertaining descriptions of the "truck " system, in which the good people of those parts are fond, it would seem, of paying for spiritual services.