Switzerland and the Swiss. By the Author of "Knight of
the Frozen Sea." (Sooloys.)—This is a readable little volume, pleasantly put together, though it is not of equal merit throughout. The chapter on the lake-dwellings is the result of careful reading, and gives the Tesult of the discoveries in a neat and compendious form. The sketch of the history of Switzerland is also in some respects good, only the author does not hold the theoretical balance quite evenly. When, for instance, he speaks of how "five Cantons still remained determinately Romish," and remarks that the old Waldstattor were "wondrously and sadly changed since the days of William Toll," he does not perceive that it may well have been the same sturdy spirit that made them so tenacious, now of their old rights; now of their old faith. The Swiss are a remarkable and interesting people, but their national life has not been a model. They have not been a happy family at home, or righteous an their dealings with others.
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