26 JUNE 1880, Page 23

It is somewhat of an experiment to try by a

new edition how the present generation will like Mrs. Inchbald's tales, A Simple Story and Nature and Art. (De in Rue.)—We can only wish the venture suc-

cess. Mr. W. B. Scott has prefixed a memoir of the authoress, a strange being, whose character was a compound of qualities which it would hardly seem possible to combine. The general impression left is that of a woman of sterling qualities, disfigured by some foibles, who passed unscathed through dangers which, to say the least, every one would not have escaped.