About Money and other Things. By the Author of " John
Halifax, Gentleman." (Macmillan and Co.)—Here we have ten essays, the occasional work of many years, reprinted. Some are of the reflective kind, with a moral gently suggested. Such is the first, with its ex- cellent advice about the care of money. " The beet female franchise,"
as it is put, is that women should have "freedom to stand on their own feet, and, be they single or married, to take their affairs into their own hands, especially their financial affairs." In others, as in the pathetic little sketch, " Facing the World," there is something of per-
sonal history. Six Happy Days " is a pleasing sketch of a honae- boat expedition, or rather sojourn,—pleasant enough to make us forget that houseboats are a great nuisance to the public in general. "The Story of a Little Pig" is pure comedy ; while "My Sister's Grapes " has a touch of the " weird " about it. The charm of them all is that they mingle so happily gaiety and wisdom.
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