5 JUNE 1869, page 19

The Life Of Rossini.*

THOSE who know Mr. Edwards' works will not need to be told that he has written a very agreeable book, but we think that this time something more might have been expected of him.......

Miss Keary's Oldbury.* It Is Much Too Soon For The

authoress of Janet's Home and Clemency Franklin to be failing ; but it is impossible to regard Oldbury as a success, and this vexes us sincerely, for we think very highly of the......