5 JANUARY 1889, Page 33

Proposals : being a Maiden Meditation. (Ward and Downey.) — More

of meditation than maiden, is the reflection that will probably strike the reader of this book. The authoress gives us a description of her various suitors, and of the different ways in which they proposed to her. The book is not devoid of amusing incidents ; but it leaves us, we are bound to say, with a somewhat poor opinion of the gentlemen portrayed within its pages, and a still poorer one of the lady who was the recipient of their addresses. If Mr. Fellowes is not a mythical personage, it is possible that some will think he is to be pitied.