Two Englishmen. By an American. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)— On
a very slight thread of narrative is strung a considerable quantity of talk about the United States. Frank Rossmore goes out to the States to seek his fortune,—which he does not find. Providence, however, has a special care for him, not undeserved, for he is a good fellow and handy with his fists when they are to be used on the right side ; and, accordingly, his wealthy and unprincipled uncle dies at the right time, and he becomes, failing to be a successful working bee, a very good sort of drone. There is another story in which, after a temporary difficulty, the right people are married, the wiles of the wicked being detected and defeated. Something, doubtless, may be learnt from the conversations ; but as a novel, Two Englishmen is not a success.
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