Coaching, with Anecdotes of the Road. By Lord William P.
Lennot. (Hurst and Blaoliett)—That, regard being had to the press of occupa- tion in those days, Lord William Lennox's reminiscences required this stout volume for their preservation, can hardly be affirmed. They might have been compressed with advantage into the modern limits of a magazine article. Still, we ate inclined to listen with respect to a gentleman who was almost upset in company with the Duke of Wellington. He tells us a good many stories, but they are not very lively. The most amusing is that of the very pretty young woman who came to the door of a stage coach full of young Oxonians, and asked whether there was room for one. Of course there was room. The driver consented, if the passengers did not object. The faro was paid, and the young lady brought forward a not over-slender grandfather. Perhaps the most important is this, "that upon one occasion, when Bramble was driving the Chichester coach to London, and was prevented completing the journey from an accident, the present Duke of Rich- mond, then Earl of March, took his place, and landed his passengers safe and sound at the White Horse Collar, Piccadilly." Anything is welcome that assures of latent capabilities in the Ministers of the Crown.
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