6 JANUARY 1877, Page 29

Betsy Harold's Story. By J. C. (R. A. Elliott, Liverpool.)—This

is a little story of a woman's life, which, though slight in texture, gives- promise of something better in the future. The characters are marked with more distinctness than is commonly to be-seen in a beginner's efforts, and the incidents are not unskilfully arranged. Finally—and this is a great point—the tale is easily to be understood. Obscurity in books of this kind is a fault not uncommonly found, but it is one which might, one would think, be easily avoided.