Speculative Notes and Notes on Speculation. By D. Morier Evans.
(Groombridge and Sons.)—Everybody likes to read about money and money-making, and they will find what they like here in the lightest and most readable form. The first paper is a charming instance of what Mr. Evans can do. It tells us that he went into the City for infor- mation and met some one who gave it him, and envied that some one, whose name was Pallinger, and who was soon after transported for em- bezzlement; that is all, and a very pleasant quarter of an hours' reading it makes. The "Great Enigma," again, is a capital paper of the same sort. The information will only be new to people unconnected with the City, but even City men may profit by the tone of the book, which is deci- dedly unfavourable to the modern fast style of business, On American credit and limited companies, Mr. Evans's views are prudent and sensible.
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