On Newfound River. By Thomas Nelson Page. (Osgood, Mellvaine, and
Co.)—This is another pleasant story of Virginian life, as it was in the days before the Civil War. Colonel Landon, a gentleman of descent, proud and arbitrary, but with a tender heart concealed under a stern exterior, is a representative of the typical Virginian character. The " mean white " of the baser sort is pictured to us in the slave-hunting Pokeberry Green and his associates. The Negroes, as they were under a good master in the pm-Abolition times, are graphically described. The plot of the story is on familiar lines. A mysterious neighbour turns out to be a long-lost brother ; and what had looked like a mesalliance is found to be the reconciliation of an old family feud. The two female figures, Bruce Landon's mother and the girl whom he loves, are touched with much grace. Altogether, this is a very attractive tale.
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