famous girls' school. Worldly, selfish, and shrewd, with an admirable
gift Brenchley (J. L.), Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curacoa ...(Longtu an) 42(1 of reading the minds of other people and appreciating them at their true Itiralnot,eATMs,a,tree Llicfoefolebydlcist.Gaskhell, Hest, Lib. Edition (Smith & Elder) 7/6
worth, and with a positive genius for making a little knowledge go a
long way, and for so displaying mediocrity as to make it seem greatness, 0. she stands before the reader with a remarkably distinct personality. cariyie (T.), Hist. of Frederick the Great, vol 5, People's Ed. (Chopman(grallj 1,3 Another excellent part of the book—it may perhaps be described Cochrane (T.), Home Mission Work, 18mo (Johnstone, Hunter, & Ca.) VO
as its chief feature—is the account of "Saint Cecilia's " singing, with Comets' Tails no longer a Mystery, roy 16mo (Reeves & So 1) 1/0
its vivid picture of the struggle in the young girl's mind between a Cox (R.), Index to Pass. of Scripture respecting the Sabbath (maclaglunticag)3.) 1//g strong dramatic feeling and a consciousness of uncommon power on the i a i ra P (Sir j'
'holding that the novel should rather resemble Comedy than Tragedy
in its construction. But here it is managed with such dramatic truth Fowle (E )(, Second Easy Lialin RoeTanngc-Book, nitric:1)B" (Pro(vatug&int)) T'/(16 that we are forced to admire. Two people are seeking the heroine with Grant (R.), Reminiscences of a Clergymen during 40 Years' Ministry ...(Hunt) 2/6
especial earnestness, for circumstances have separated her from her 2/8 relations ; her uncle, from whom her father had become alienated by a 1/6 great wrong received, and her lover, an energetic soldier accustomed to 5/0 command success. An ordinary novelist would have made the search efe successful ; but we cannot help recognising the fact that our author 2/6 is truer to life, which is indeed full of these perplexities, and in 5/0 which events are not by any means symmetrically arranged. Cecilia 2/0
6/0 dies, and the uncle is never able to repair the wrong, and the soldier is left vainly searching for his love. Saint Cecilia is a novel of unusual merit. Saint Cecilia: a Modern Tale from Real Life. 3 vols. (Sampson Low and Co.)—" Real Life," as it appears in novels, very often looks anything but real, or if it can claim that quality, is sometimes tedious or coarse. No such faults can be found with Saint Cecilia. It is, in our judgment, a decidedly good novel, good especially for this very quality of reality in its characters and also in its incidents. Tho heroine is the daughter of an Indian officer, and her story is told with a sim- plicity and a verisimilitude which are very effective. Among the best things in the book is the character of Mrs. Latimer, the principal of a
one hand, and a feeling that a public career was not suited to develo
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