The Little Princess Colonzbe. By Gina Rose. (Samuel Tinsley and
Co.)—The last paragraph of this harmless and readable story is a fair sample of its style and its aim :—" Sweet Colombo, looked most interesting in her pretty wedding garments,—the long veil fastened back with bunches of myrtle (the emblem in Germany of the bridal state), and her great plaits of hair hanging below her waist, Gretchen-
fashion, by the special request of her admiring Fritz I can vouch from my own observations, and from the testimony of many a reliable witness, that a happier, a better, or a more beloved young couple do not exist in Heidelberg,—nay, nor, I think, in all the world, than my Doctor Fritz, and his loving, gentle, pure-souled wife."' Even in Heidelberg, and among young ladioe with plaits which bang Gretchen-fashion by the special request of admiring Fritzes, the course-
of true love is Hubbell) trouble, and Colombo, has had her share of sweet perplexities before she roaches the voil-and.myrtle period. Her troubles are, however, not very heartrending ; nor, indeed, are her adventures very thrilling. The story is well meant, and not ill 'written.
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