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Married at Last. By Helen Dickens. 2 vols. (C. J.

Skeet.)— There are many things in these volumes to remind us of Jane Eyre.

'There is a young woman, short and plain, with a gift of clever speech and much courage in saying what she moans; there is a spoilt, affec- tionate child, her pupil ; a worldly aunt, who makes use of her clever niece ; two handsome, empty-headed girls, her cousins, to whom she aets as a foil ; finally, a lover , who makes court to her by carrying her round the room. All these things suggest, directly or indirectly, Charlotte Bronte's famous novel. Of course, the comparison is one which few writers could stand. Yet 111arried at Last has some clever- ness, and is not unreadable. The phief fault is being somewhat obscure.