What I Remember. By Thomas Adolphus Trollope. Vol. III. (Bentley
and Son.)—There is something especially attractive about these reminiscences. In the first place, there is a friendly, confidential tone about them. The writer, without ever passing the bounds of good sense and good feeling, tells us about himself, his family, and his friends, with a confidence in our interest that justifies itself. And then there is a. literary charm about them that is not often found in volumes of this kind. Mr. Trollope's pen is well practised, and he uses it to good purpose. He tells us of other besides personal matters. He has been an attentive and interested spectator of Italian politics for many years. He has had a great taste for travelling, and though he has never journeyed very far, has seen a good deal. Among many interesting matters, we have an incidental notice of the Italian system of letting land. The owner takes half the net produce—in theory. In practice, he naturally gets something less ; but he gets his dues with an ease which most landlords would envy, and the relations between the "dual owners" are comnionly of the smoothest. This is in all respects a very pleasant book.
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