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Charming Money. By Sarah Birkbeck Nevins. 3 vols. (Simpkin, Marshall,

and Co )—We hardly know if these three volumes can fairly ho described as a novel. They might, if opened in one part, be taken as a three-volume tract, so unctuous and persistent are the religioua phrases in constant use. Opened elsewhere, they might be taken for a spelling-book, mostly in words of one syllable. Anon, they might be the translation of the weakest feuilleton in the properest French news- paper. But everywhere they are tedious beyond description. The only thing novel about them is the unpleasant paper and dirty printing.