Too Much and Too Little Money. 2 vols. By the
Author of "A Change of Luck." (Chapman and Hall.)—This novel is, we suppose, meant to be didactic, but we cannot say much for it in this character. On the whole, we gather that it is better to have too much than too little money. The gentleman, at all events, who has too much seems toler- ably happy, though, it is true, he is more or less out of his mind ; another old man who is unlucky enough to have too little is a very wretched and contemptible creature. Then there are two worthy young men, who are very unhappy while they have too little, and very happy when they,—we do not say get too much, but are started on the way towards getting it. But whatever may be said of the moral, the tale is a very pleasant and lively one, with easy and natural dialogue, and amart sketches of character and manners. The scene is laid in one of the groat manufacturing towns of the North, and the author is evidently familiar with the scene,
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