9 JULY 1892, Page 10

Betsy. By "V." (Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co.)—Betsy is a lively,

clever, and kind-hearted American girl, whose appearances in the story might with advantage be more frequent than they are. Evelyn Vernon, who gives up a lover for whom she has the greatest affection, to please her father, a selfish person who deserved nothing, is really so perverse that she wants a very efficient helper to lift her out of the slough of trouble into which she falls. Surely when she dismissed her betrothed to please her father, she was bound to tell him the real reason, and not put him off with an unreasonable request not to ask the reason why. Betsy manages to bring together the lovers so separated by excel- lent management, and leaves us with the feeling that we should like to hear something more about her.