By the North Sea. By Emma Marshall. (Jerrold and Sons.)—
Mrs. Marshall has got hold of a real historical personage for the central figure, if not exactly the heroine, of her story. Mrs. Bridget Bendyst, of the Salt Palls, near Yarmouth, actually lived, and was, in fact, the grand-daughter of Oliver Cromwell. She is not particularly interesting, however, nor do the fictitious personages which surround her make up for what is wanting in her. In short, By the North Sea is not one of Mrs. Marshall's happiest efforts in local fiction. It is, however, sufficiently good to be quite readable. We cannot compliment the illustrator on a uniform success. The little bits of landscape and architecture are pleasing; but for the figures little can be said.