Gold That Did Not Glitter. By Virginius Dabney. (Lippincott and
Co., London and Philadelphia.)—This is a pleasantly written and otherwise agreeable story. William Mainwaring is a young Englishman who, being rendered wretched by the possession of more money than he can make good use of, adopts the expedient of changing his name to " Tenterden," and proceeds to New York. Finding himself no happier there than he had been at home, and still oppressed by the burden of his wealth, he resolves to commit suicide ; to which end he goes down to " the river," and there falls in with another young man, Bob Willis, who strangely enough, is bent on the same errand, for the reason that he stands in sore need of the very commodity of which Main- waring has so great a superabundance. After some conversation, the two would-be suicides change their minds, and, at Main- waring's suggestion, go together to Bob's home in Virginia. There the Englishman falls in love with Bob's sister Bessie, and after freeing the Willises from their money troubles, without, however, revealing his identity, marries the young lady, only disclosing the fact of his wealth after the wedding. Let us hope they lived happily ever after. The tale, though rather slight and of no great length, is well worth reading, and a very cheap shilling's-worth.
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