Niccolina Nicco/ini. By the Author of "Madlle Mori." (Gard-
ner, Darton, and Co.)—We are not prepared to affirm or to deny that marriages between persons of different nationalities tend to happiness ; but it is certainly a fact that they often make the basis of a good novel. Niccolina, child of an Italian artist who has failed to make his mark and an English girl who has mor- tally offended her family by her marriage, is an interesting person, and has an interesting story, which is told with the skill of a practised writer. The pictures of Italian life as it is lived in out-of-the way places which the modern spirit has not reached are admirably vivid. The old maid, Sora Emilia—old maids in Italy are not the independent persons they are in England – her servant Mirtilla, Signor dei Barth, the Florentine painter, and Gino, most delightful of Italian boys, are some of the pleasant people whose acquaintance the author of Niccolina Niccolini gives us the opportunity of making, an opportunity not to be neglected.
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