22 FEBRUARY 1873, page 20

Pictures Across The Channel.*

THE Author of Patty has conceived an amusing little mystery, which reminds us of Sambo's astonishment at his master's acute- ness in guessing that a girl had been born to him......

Alexandre Dumas.• Wir Ought To Feel Very Grateful To Mr.

Percy Fitzgerald for trans- planting into the pages of his work, and adopting as " one of the • Life and Adeenlures of Alexandre Dumf. By Percy Fitzgerald, F.S.A. 2 role.......