Grace Stanley. 1 vol. (Saunders and Otley.)—Grace Stanley is a
practical and sensible young lady, with a good appetite (as we are specially informed the first time that we are allowed to see her at her meals), who walks, rides, dances, flirts in moderation, and finally settles herself for life very happily and prudently. The writer who tells her story bids defiance to the proverb, and makes the course of love run smooth. But she does not succeed in making this smooth course other than dull. The most striking incident is the appearance of the lover, who introduces himself to his future love by shooting her dog.
Mr. White has published a second edition of his elaborate work on Emanuel Swedenborg: his Life and Writings (Simpkin and Marshall).— We have before expressed our opinion of the value of this book, and need not at present say anything more than that it now appears in a more convenient shape, having been compressed into a single volume.
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