14 JANUARY 1882, page 19

A New Volume Of Verse.*

THAT Mrs. Pfeiffer holds a place of her own among minor min- strels has been thoroughly acknowledged, though, perhaps, her merits have been better discerned by literary critics......

Three Recent Novels.*

Ti u author of George Geith is not likely to produce a feeble novel. She understands her art well, and if, as iu the present instance, her story is almost wholly without charm,......