Juliana Horatia Ewing and her Books. By Horatio. R. F.
Eden. (S.P.C.K.)—The edition of Mrs. Ewing's books which we have noticed from time to time in these columns is now completed by a memoir, supplemented with a selection from her letters. The memoir is the work of a younger sister, and will be read by every admirer of Mrs. Ewing's books—and who that knows them is not an admirer P—with the keenest interest. To know the story of her life, to hear, as we could only have hoard, from one who had such opportunities of seeing it, of her singularly unselfish and generous nature, is, indeed, a pleasure. The generation of children that watched for the appearance of that most delightful of magazines, Aunt Judy, has long since grown up. (It is more than ten years since it ceased to appear, unable to survive the loss of its moving spirit.) But such books as " Jackanapes " and "Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances" are a possession for ever. The letters admirably illustrate the memoir. One that is peculiarly admirable is a vindication of the Queen. We would gladly quote it if we had space, but it must be quoted whole. No one who possesses the tales should fail to add to them this delightful volume.
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