The Unlucky Family, By Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. Illustrated
by E. T. Reed. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—We must confess that we have not been able to get as much pleasure from this book as we expected when we saw the names of the writer and the draughtsman. The Chubb family would seem to be anything but unlucky, for they succeed to a large property quite unexpectedly. Their troubles begin when they try to live up to their new position. So the story is one of perpetual misadventures. Doubtless there are readers to whom this kind of thing is agreeable ; and Mrs. de In Pasture tells the tale well enough, and Mr. Reed does his best in his own way, and that, we need hardly say, is very good. Of course, neither the story nor the pictures can be said to have much to do with life or Nature; but this does not prevent them from being amusing.
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