Edith Dewar; or, Glimpses of Scottish Life and Manners in
the Nine- teenth Century. By Colin Rao Brown. 3 vols. (Sampson Low and Co.)— These three volumes do not fulfil in any satisfactory way their promise of giving us "glimpses of Scottish life and manners." The Rev. Mr. Dewar is the principal character in the book. Of course, there may be heartless and unprincipled scoundrels such as he was in the ministry of the Scotch Church, or in the ministry of any Church, but a real description a "life and manners" should give us something typical. Neither in the chief nor in any of the minor characters do we find anything of the kind. In fact, the book gives us the impression of having been written for the purpose of introducing some very indifferent copies of versos which are interspersed throughout it. From these it will be sufficient to quote one phrase,—" the organ tones of bees."
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