Women in the Reign of Queen Victoria. By Madame R.
A. Caplin, assisted by Dr. John Mill. (Dean and Son.)—We should hardly have supposed that this volume required a couple of authors for its creation, both of them, too, experienced writers, as the names of their works on the title-page give evidence. In future we venture to suggest that one of them should give some attention to the revision of the proof sheets, that so odd a misprint as the following (on page 40) may be avoided,—it He that Overcometh. By Fanny Aikin-Kortright. 2 vols. (Reining- but it is the most amusing. Madame Caplin (or Dr. Mill) makes one's hair stand on end when discoursing on fashionable belles and like sub- jects. On such topics as the education of girls and the employments of a portrait of Madame Caplin. This is rather hard on Dr. John Mill. women, what she (or be) has to say is generally sensible and to the point. The printing and paper are beautiful, and the book is adorned with
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