Ormisdale. By the Earl of Dunmore. (E. Arnold.)—We meet in
this story the familiar characters whom we have met so often before, with some slight variations of costume and surroundings. There is the Highland proprietor whose fortunes have been damaged by recent legislation (a new touch, this), and ruined by the venture that was to restore them, the gallant soldier son, the vulgar nouveau riche, and the customary heroines. The tale, taken by itself, will not count for much ; but it is, in part at least, redeemed by the accounts of sport, which the author describes with the familiarity of personal experience. The scene is laid in one of the most picturesque and unhackneyed regions of the Highlands, Harris, the Southern and mountainous portion of the Long Island. Lord Dunmore has every qualification of personal knowledge and interest for writing about it.
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