Married in Haste. By Captain Lascelles Wraxall. Three Vols. (Skeet).—This
work appears to have been written with the laudable object of conveying to the public certain scraps of information res- pecting the personal history of its author. We learn, in the first place, that he was at college—a fact which appears, in his opinion, to stand in need of frequent repetition. Was it at college, we wonder, that ha learnt to use the word "to overhear," in the sense of "not to hear ?" We find, in the next place, that he was in the Crimea, in some undefined capacity which appears to have involved the possession of a battery and a Bimbashi ; and he clinches this fact by the insertion of several weary chapters descriptive of the various countries which lie between London and Sebastopol He also informs us that, "during the days when he had spent his patrimony, and before he invoked the genius of the quill, he was glad enough to give English lessons on the Continent, and had among his pupils a real grand-ducal princess ;" and, hpropos of this young lady expressing surprise at his having a ring with a coat of arms on it, takes occasion to impress upon us the grandeur and antiquity of the family to which he belongs. Captain Wraxall further favours us with his opinions on various literary subjects, the freshness and general interest of which may be imagined from the fact that they include speculations as to how Sir E. L. Bulwer will end his "Strange Story." As to the story which serves as a medium for the conveyance of all this precious information, the less said the better. It certainly is not what it pretends to be, a story of every-day life; and we can scarcely re- commend any one to spend any time over it who is not conscious of feeling a strong personal interest in Captain Lascelles Wraxall.
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