Dorcas. By Georgians. M. Craik. (Hurst and Blackett.)—Seldom have three
volumes been constructed out of scantier materials than those which Miss Craik has employed in this instance. Mr. Trelawney marries Letty, the niece of his housekeeper, is rather looked down upon by "society" in conacquence, and is only moderately attached to his excellent, self-sacrificing, humble-minded, and ador- ing wife, who gets bullied by her servants, and in time somewhat snubbed by her only daughter. This daughter, the "Dorcas" of the title-page, her father's idol and companion, is a rather high-flying young lady, who enjoys "Homer," when Mr. Trelawney reads him aloud to her. She comes to a better mind, forgives her mother for not having been born a lady, and marries Frank Warburton, a handsome young squire of high degree, after which event her father turns for consolation to his faithful Lotty for the first time in his life, and tells her she must help him to bear it. A volume of all this would have been quite enough ; but the story is, on the whole, though rather feeble, readable.
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