" Heaven ! " By Alois Vojtech Smilovsky. Translated by
Professor V. E. Mourek and Jane Mourek. (Bliss, Sands, and Foster.)—This " Behemian Novel" is a simple story of a girl who is deserted by a well-meaning but weak young noble, and married by an honest citizen. It takes its title from the nickname of the worthy priest who undertakes the charge of the girl's child, when she has to send him away in order to earn a livelihood. The characters are drawn with firmness and precision. The imperious baroness, the weak son, the courageous woman, who repairs her error by noble independence, and the honest priest, are all excellent —Another volume in the same series of " The Modern Library" is A Consul's Passenger, by Harry Lander. It should be explained that "a Consul's passenger" means a person sent home as cheaply as possible by the Consul of some foreign port. He does not faro very well, as may easily be imagined. This part of the story is graphically given, nor is the other part wanting in force ; but it is not easy to see any necessary connec- tion between them.
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