Training : a Tale of North-Country Life. By Margaret Jameson.
3 vole. (Tinsley Brothers.)—A " prefatory note," disclaiming literary skill, disarms criticism. It is quite true that Training is not "artistically finished." It is a simply written chronicle ; but it is not without its interest. The heroine is a certain Pioche Meredith, whom we see grow up from an awkward, romping, obstinate child into a beautiful, well-mannered, floe-natured woman. She has her troubles, --troubles at home (let us hope that even step-mothers in " North- Country life" are not gaits snob odious creatures as the second Mrs. Meredith), and troubles in her love-affairs, and the end is somewhat sad. Is there not, by-the-way, something heathenish in the way in which Phoebe is made to reflect on the loss of her lover Why should she call herself an idolatress because she had loved him deeply ? We cannot see that she had neglected any duty for his sake. "The jealous, just, and mighty God" whom she apostrophises is very like the " envious" deity of Paganism.
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