16 MAY 1863, page 20

The Brigantine.*

Jr is long eince a thoroughly good sea story was written. Novels of this class are nearly always popular when they are good, and their scarcity must be ascribed not to mere......

Miss Paakes's Songs And Ballads.*

Miss PAEKES has taste, feeling, and simplicity, and yet her verses, though they are often natural and sometimes hover on the verge of poetry, very seldom cross the boundary.......