26 SEPTEMBER 1868, Page 21

The Diamond on the Hearth; or, the Story of Sister

Anne. By Marian James. Second Edition. (Tames Hogg and Son.)—The words "second

edition " dispense us from a detailed account of this pleasant and un- affected, though not wholly practical, story. But we do not wonder at such words appearing on the title-page. The tone of the book is so fresh and healthy, the characters are so simply conceived and so genial

In their utterances, and the whole story runs its course with such cheerfulness and nature, that we are glad to find an opportunity for a few words of kindly notice.