Lord Harry Bellair ; a Tale of :he Last Century.
By the Author of "Mary PowelL" 2 vols. (Bentley.)—If the author had said a " pic- ture" rather than a tale, we should have had no adverse criticism to offer. The story is of the slightest kind, without any pretension to skill, as far as plot or the invention of incident is concerned. We are supposed to be anxious about the heroine, who is in danger of losing her real lover through being assigned by popular rumour to the septua- genarian Lord Harry, but we never can be brought really to fear a catastrophe which is obviously impossible. But in her drawing of character, and still more in her drawing of manners, the author of "Mary Powell" shows the skill which has often delighted her readers. The old man, whom the world has done its best to make selfish, but who still keeps his kindly and generous heart, and the two bright girls who are the delight of his old age, are capitally drawn. And all the " costume " of the period is rendered with sufficient care. Alto- gether, Lord Harry Bellair may be recommended.
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