A Lombard Street Mystery. By Muirhead Robinson. (W. Bartholomew.)—It is
not every would-be swindler that has a twin- brother exactly like himself, whose corpse he can introduce into his office, and so cheat the world into the belief that he has himself departed this life. It will be seen that Mr. Robinson takes no small license in the way of probability. He is very moderate, however, in the poetical justice which he awards to his much-wronged hero. A clerkship of £200 a year is what this virtuous person receives, and on this he is foolish enough to marry. " Muirhead Robinson " must surely be an unmarried lady. Men marry on £200 a year and less ; but they know that it is folly, and would not make an imaginary hero do it. Women, after marriage, know what folly it is; before, they are apt to think it inexhaustible wealth.
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