Hamilton of King's. By Alice Price. (S. W. Partridge and
Co.) —Miss Price prudently devotes but one chapter to Cambridge life; but in this she makes a serious mistake. It is not true that " comparative desolation" reigns in Cambridge on the end of the May term to "chill October." There is such a thing as a Long Vacation term, and has been for many years ; and the Colleges are not by any means deserted. The tale itself seems to us not a little improbable. There are twin sisters. One of them dies, but whether of a broken heart or a fever, is not clear. Her sister devotes herself to vengeance, and sets herself to conquer and then reject the man who had behaved badly to her sister. Her plot succeeds, except, indeed, that her own heart does not escape quite unscathed, and then she finds out that she has captivated and refused the wrong man !
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