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Daisy and the Earl. By Constance Howell. (Samuel Tinsley.)—A pretty

story, which leaves a distinct and pleasing impression of itself upon the mind. Daisy is a very fresh, unsophisticated country girl, of gentle birth ; tho Earl a somewhat blase young man. She falls in love with him, and lets out her secret in the most artless way possible, never fancying for a moment but that he returns her affection. The seem of this disclosure, the Earl's surprise, concealed by him almost instantaneously under a well-assumed appearance of interest, but not quick enough to deceive the girl, her shame and grief and courageous assertion of her dignity,—all this is very prettily told. We should cer- tainly recommend the reader to follow up the story to its close. He will not think the time misspent.