The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY E.

the most bitter want. Mr. Hamlin= gets
a situation am clerk, with a hundred a
year. Fortunately, his son Mark had al-
ready been called to the bar, and Margaret
had received an education which not only fitted hes
take charge of her younger sisters, but to shine
any sphere. Fortunately, also, Margaret's rich
aunt takes an interest in her—takes her to Hastings,
where she rejects her cousin, and is introduced to
Mr. Travers, the celebrated traveller, whom she had
axidentally met before, and with whom she falls in
love. But before this happy sonsummation, which
is very properly deferred till towards the end of the
third volume, Margaret has trials of all kinds.
She won't marry her rich cousin--ahe can't get up •
ladies' school—her father is struck with paralysis—
and Mr. Travers won't propose. But in the end all
emu right, and we leave Margaret married very
happily, and far too rich to be compelled to study
the difficult question creating so much interest at
this time, viz.—kow to live on 3001. a year. Oar
first interview with Margaret is not a pleasant one.
She had sent for her brother, to consult with him as
to the best way of saving her father's honour. We
will let the reader see

111,/0•121* AS 110b111.
Roo, as Mark intend, sat a young lady on a low un-
frional their near the table. Ha work-box was Mire
Der, bat the was not worlds& and visiting materials mew
nem at hand, yet tie nabs red nor wrote—yorhant
was thinking, perigee eel: rides far him in that
iewtses which is sameilmen Weinnie that • lay of
erepodoe. Yee bar &ere we very rirk, and the hear/
ills al ben vial Meek hl hi efforkste ever thee, while
dr dunk 'bleb rue rug to stet irk Ire and bra-
ise, la lar latinen, we ill eel km.
war tomilithdr, vim Mark tine
ta.l‘2ll:l te pi raw
M
Oh, I sr re ;id pee ere geoinen ten kW vie the
lea now, 1617.' and then abs idea as rillien ill"
" Had be seense i' Wu he wry Wei erne We walk P
Had he lastl.imy Ware ?er was are aro in
the paper 10 iiiiminol that idawes bed
so my about sat be sea rill May 101 l brew re lei,
and todt them r
gills mllitmitel. rd Me was • meta err
d leek beer ins
weld ern seinonry to
dr uteddred, bat li
mn bed a bar own In dreg
arse, end they wow who who did ant Moor to Min or
r she tossed it, to isoy bar. Mr/ nee one et the beet
orients living, beg aim had a tamper of her own, and those
who enjoyed bar artier had to pay the tax of atibmitting
'0 it
matt Tea wee UMW emeged et red Mark bed ro-
ringed a book be bed jot Jeri seen!, ea vas
arts! shedMongeose gored le bow a
4allereg lo a
midi Wog, rem ale eedbred rearseden to
of ilniff. owl lbws ill an miens elimm, nen
Kok arra ben polo abs lord, end kw been bar err
nuke, be odd kladly :
" Yon ars est vary well to-wlglit, are yea
" I am vary well; mid Margaret gently, "lint la till the
troth, I on sadly or d spurts; sod it pais me se seek te
ben to Tea yew too."
"what Is the wait r meld Mark hastily, "tall wit at
row"

"Theo draidtel maw rattan again," rid Margaret,
Makin down, "de sot be angry, Mark, I cedar hap it in-
deed; would Met I eoellt"
"/arm I eee not to ; but what is the serer r.
"I ham It is bad to Wigyoti in soapree, sad I would
aid It it wen ay otos aemarrir I bar to rake; bat per
peps is is web dredbil tremble; he baa lost a handrail
reads, tad be bat told se; ead—" rid Margaret, bee
voice wow logy sad trim.
" How do yea mega, MAP" sled Meek. Margaret tarti
away her bud is If it wore bet ows els tie retired, se as
seurreareid rtedy,
s 7.
The laiblood roared to Mark's etas, mg this is k,
salty par

Charles Oliphant. A Novel. By W. his, Esq.
In three volumes. London : T. Nutley Newby.

" Charles Oliphant " is not a novel with a parries
not even the idea of fame could have suggested itself
to the author, for a duller story told in a duller
manner we never mad. The hero is the represen-
tative of an old family, and has beta deprived of
his estate by the villany of a lawyer. Of course,
the villas y is discovered, and Charles Oliphant re-
turns with hie bride to the home of his ancestors.
This is almost all we know of Oliphant. The can-
vu is crowded with portraits, all a long way after
nature. What business some of them have there at
all is not very clear. We read through the volumes
in the vain hope of finding something good. We
need not dissuade the reader from attempting to
follow our example—we are sure it is an absurdity
of which he will not be guilty.
Goan Heroes and the World's Heroes; being a
third series of Historical Sketches. By Joint
Hattrnnt GUlltlY, M.A. London: Long-
mans.

This is an attempt at history on Christina prin-
ciples, and has grown out of a lecture delivered four
years ago to the Christian Young Men's Association.
Very short Indeed are the portraits—some of them
too much so; but Mr. Gurney is a readable writer,
and sensible parents tall him that he provides what
they want for family reading, and what is approved
by youthful critics. The danger of such books at
these is that the reader remains satisfied with them
—indolently accepts the writer's estimate instead
of staying the characters described, and forming
his own oanclasione mtheleathg these.
AVIMA RIO* and linglige lime& ; er the leilwer our
the Dvetekee. By the Author el the a Idamorlale of
Captain Hadley Vicuna" Units: Imes Nisbet.
lime me sows owners la the yearlerehel symbols
mixt wild aid Baena bid when bad was pinata sad
popideikm Rame—whom Btrtnieghemt end Xsurestsr wee
set the hives of ininstry end lite that gm em seem—arlese
Er Roger de Cm*, wee yet • type of living sm.
Chases ante—old Ake pang emy—emmose ezpeatled
—stem was asemira--peNnal scam, ire prearisd,
Bed thlortaathely la mess err the sleep wee est from
geed to latter, bat from bd to wens; kr iestemes, lathe
the 7milway-Isakieg sends what a population grew up
realm at en moral respethibilley. Issemed front ell beads
to habit, gists up Mosel misty le the impulses at the
sasses ROW thee the am I Om maim they is the tree
themothat of the dewiest nemme. Theirs are the trim rt
Cencieadi, retro woe, meths mews at recites. A.
they swarmed theeeglt the bed whet terror did they sot
meta sad what Ishii end meth Wed, zed whet Wow
Inmate IMO bawled with air bug pram sad mound-
ing oaths! Is lee imp deem they were aimed for
by those who wee wise pad beam they themegne, to
thee la me esti se tits moms tr.
Yet, astir the mesh ahrsiete,bidlearisdishemplity meld
Iseth--Immerts thet a wamea's vein maid wia—thade that a
women's will meld tem boat weal vies. Bow heaths&
ow* 'tale wort* at the Crystal Palace, were visited
by the Christi's Wise beicagiag to the rectory at Beath-
hms. Oar make Metered with a seal se threat ea that
of a Loyola. Mr mat halo the beer-thops Misr them—elm
wiltotod them samted btu—preyed with them sad ipthe t o
them—got at their may hairte—joyed when they *teed,
sled wept when they wept; and wham, me away of „them ad,
they VW eat to the Crimea to the Army Works Cher, sr
r sadism her sympathies and airs followed drat, eel
.

plod, thighs lefOlcs; when they came back, or died *AI
by the consolation el the filth she bad Wight- dlsare d
6wr othstoporariss lath nodes& tide beck es Ye WIN
notice en extinct faun, end ethers bath hod the bed theta
to mew at the hoepitelides so plead, thiginsed.
We confess inch simple books as these arm Maim We
se in them something more than an sloth far thaw fie.
The faith they indicate may not be that of the malt the
world, or of trifler* at Yuba, but it b the walk tag
its parity and simplicity and fervour and malls, dossits
universal haws. These Christian ladies, waft the
wryer, must hese had rare skill in twesking deu the
eerier which divides so oft= the rough end tridwithfithe
bum the mined yid via. Nor am we .=ears the graft
under the Weems of which drunkards beam wise ewe
the profess devout. The as. rya not the wank bet the
better—that is la andeabled hot. If they pre up sserrel-
ling and sereering. end teak, teeleid,* peelnaligths end
Bible reading, when was the bumf Ruglike' thin may
learn much from meth a book a this, and Buillth gthilemen,
too. lady Clara Vera de Valk as the etudes ti the peeling
bows, may see bershow sink es slee agdue ebb reins
cad aerate threebseseth her In the Sellig cede. dhe wed not
Peer coning Into contact withal& ansdleatei aktmen. This
book ie full of • courtesy hr son red thea id et likehlon-
able life. Oar odes ghee John a Tesimed. " Now,
ain't it a nth haw* I " he eseialma ; "PI dew it with
• MOB allay Islet red destrar." A number of were invited
sessperty. As they walked book through Ike Tams, it wee
Ws& that they shed& all MINA *Aare the swains
weft is the eabral-was. "It would leek uya, if they only
cane tar tea end ear." Owe of tea tabs the sacrament.
On the that Bandy he thud with the servents at the rectory,
hat afterwards de his own dinner an a sine In roe of the
seadews. Oa Wag pressed to esy why he weld not use
as to dine every thoday, when be bed wad Dear 0
Beekesheee, be maid Why, you esin se'ea, thieved&
tam; sal title's add,' Here'. your serrateeld sea waft
h. 161 goad Poor; dal yos me the
.bans it Tollll

the caste by whiok I am mai? " The
navvy% idea d Heaven Is, as we an expect,
somewhat low. Said one of them, " I wonder
BM, whether it le true what they say at Heaven being so
happy—whether, new, it can be happier then *tines in the
public over • good jug of ale with the Addle going."
Another navvy has a little more intellect, end Improves on
this conception. Our author put William W— into the
drawing-room. Ho said afterwards to Mary "She
led me into a sitting-room, and it was just like Heaven—each
a sight of books, and such a large dinner table." We Inuit
add, in conclusion, that the writer of this book is the author
of "The Memorials of Captain Healey Vicars;" that she
belongs to the same theological school; and that oomeion-
ally we have that presumptuous mode of speaking of God
and his ways which, in spite of its often bordering almost on
profanity, is so much in vogue with some sections of the re-
ligious public. A book that has already attained a circula-
tion of 8,000, will be, perhaps, considered by Its author
maroely capable of improvement. However, it is our opinion
that by the omission of some letters the book would be

more readable.
The Three Chasers. By the Author of the " Fair Carew."
In three volumes. London : Smith, Elder, and Co.
The author of the "Fair Carew" displays great power
in depicting everyday life from the humorous point of view
and palate the picture with a minuteness which would bee
dull in ordinary hands, but which her skill renders attractive.
Mr. Manley Frere, a man with every personal and mental
attraction, gifted likewise with a large estate, is betrothed to
a beautiful but rather irresolute young lady—Barbara Gir-
Oilstone. Suddenly be is afflicted with diatoms, the engage-
ment im broken off, and he places himself with • family of
Bradt, ; all very artful, and determined that he shall marry
the youngest of the boons—Phebe—much to the indigna-
tion of Maria Palliser, who is staying with the Divots till
her marriage with Colonel Hussey, which becomes irksome
to her, when she sees Manley Fiera, with whom she falls
desperately in love. Now, the only fault we find with the
author Is in the CAM of Karla Palliser--a woman who would
have mad* Manley From a much better companion than
Barbera Oirdlastone. But, poor Maria ending her love for
Fere hopeless, and her distaste for the colonel becoming
greeter, commits suicide. Considerable skill is shown in
making Fevre gradually victimised by the Divot family,
whom ha completely ulitundineubds, and whom he thinks
as good and artless as they are the reverse. Soddenly Frere
recovers his hearing, and thin the scales fall from his eyes.
Thongh engaged to Plat* he refuses to marry her, and Is
made happy by his own true love at last. The reader who
is not deterred by the opening, which is termed introductory,
whet in reality it is prohibitory, will find himself very much
swaged with ths"Three Chances." In some pods dr Thornburg

deeirine—that the beam tortures WOMAN; feel Ns than dui
had on amok other—ti admirably worked out, but the mews
ere toe lengthy for quotation. One extract, however, we
immt arta. The fatally ;of Dints lave detereatnial Manley
Pram shall marry Phebe ; ohs accordingly is ant for home.
We give the following picture of

THE PET LA I.

alai=a county b.ll wldalt she bad babas Mu,
to
ap tbe welters, soma of thorn mad
W mild It U.y anlyiag sena aloinsame la
and a• do anal Lim ; aad lbw* tba
leserball that sight bad bola WI of WOMMINI—
two colobralod bastion Nampa lbe atuallsr—" yet all*,
mem yen vow* lbw waif Tarim inn with Bala flea
fit, tbs. elli dr graded gld ton lb ass."
" You amid lava brought • atolilleale of Fogad,
atliesed," add Gawp may; b• god Ids alabria-law &-
Wad each other.

"Oh, so I" ah• Mena quickly, and without abating her
=casaba good-htunour. " No, that would boa been mach
Ise predraisma I lista myself that, ansonga the nobility
sod weft at ray asessintanos at I—, I carotall avoided
the reaseset Oaks which might bare them of
the red tape in ray latasoe aloe."
great
" Than, I tell you blew it waski be I" said Divot in
ass ; "the bossy is asheasi of ha old father yl"
Rubbing Ids hark sere briskly tau bine (it as • favour-
be gesture with David), he lappet Ida vacs, and
round him with mock samosa detwaded the *gill' uki2s
eli proaant. "Now, do you think—l ask for your ablated
ophdose—do you suppose I have any chance of Nog civilly
readved eta certain mansion—a mandon situated smathere
is Yoritabo—oh ? What do you think of it my good
Meads r looking from one to the other. "It strikes me,
by Jove I that I must not show my nose thsre adavitad, or I
may ban a tell gentlemen in the family livery kicking ma
out of dem far a palestina attorney."
Theaccerus highly Wished, and David's choking laugh
as though • little sotto way, by the majority of the
130 MI Patriarch included, who muttered some an-
ion to Riga and Omani, and then gave uttaranos to one
of thaw gasps of mewing morality, which, to Mims Pal-
sse's thinking, was worse oven than his open approbation of
the barrel of his drosadsats. " Take cave—take can,
say cabins I" he arta out. " Pride comes before • fall;
sad, with al her lords sad members of Fauna= in
—shin, our good little girl may aver be samba to go
haul, varth."

Her emit-
Polij broke ist-" Yon wow rid • Wry ward
don that, Jars Dirk Mir rt4psar
dad blow yet, for ell the an lie giro Mil
kids sad wassaaws. Ea maw. thek
hungry W*6 =MO iS• Wail lir ow
gesi bleed Ithe buy up etheiegegg
be ENVIE them weer
An
m for it. I. now orlith Ml. This
Dirt, d you rams, arm I end don't sat yeth krd •-kreg
Wm MOM lOW We
Ibikahrim sand Is mall some tea of Bread in-
emed In fty.telf! =4; for, inerVistbe
ether* ItP-4
knew peel Niro o yen meg= I
limeigg Ides with ?" mil with • NO* glethe, end
a .0%. In her smile, she looked nerd dire mobs
her be reenn
"Ike meth' t Dias,
lawyerSha r bar &km k-
MOON it Whir " from die mingle-
=r1=111111111N• slootag. Not way *ld
tritpwour bird Old Nick either, who I would take
an for • travelling °timpani= any day in dr
Aildirdts widow, who happred to be murk raking hem
rats softness, rid she bollard the knew who It
• *ha ;" for, said she, " I hard yasierday from Yrs.
that the Br. Yr.
his c
on was to Lave
shags weak, and many of his congreption axpectedaliZ
big;
way.
ha hanged I" vocihrated cowls Belly. "Do
you reghe that the girl would trouble herself, or r either,
obed• Mak et a Niabedia parson ? Much mom likely to
Me Jam Numeill-he's to ever on that road, to my
lonowledge, KM nibs has always bed a sneaking
fir Jam"
"It's mash you know about It, you meddling old woman,"
the the raidg *Mader. " Pristhhes le pile r good •
gum or yours,ivory bit of it. Bat I must say you are a
dell set of folk, sot blind out the riddle without my tolling
you the anaver-•ooodderbig what we were jut talking
of.'
Wltyge,d= don't meen—?" amiltheed KM George,
with • np of her swanks barn&
" HalletiLMTlrt l" with bar &M•, seQg to the
awe sager maw "1 de aura slat
m when es al—,
the who got In MO wanre aid the
of shoo was-BerbaraatUbants=l nue ewe,
• thawed liar--Itir Pbednelk
Path, to the county of OMNI* j whom I beg is resent to
the deice and oonsidersellim of the MIA elope., "
" Berbera Giribriene r The rim wee humid from
meth to mouth, la ell the embus tear ei weeder ma mid-
oar. Wen Dim Mier kid irk dr aid
Omni ber to swum whether the Dirk etherg
Moth Irk own wreathe cumerse-orm ohs latia;.;.2
• user • fraught with hirer to Or, end held bat bre,
right not bas a *ids ward Ass was es Mew.
Thr,Jeldng the met In desk mgerier=inthagal
could ist sew asking.* Mot was
was ohs redly as Wiedieree our Ilmonsdr
" Quits replied rad* with elsdlonos if the lag*,
admitted not of • mutherls bedkition. " Quits I I arm
taw so beautiful • smith In en my lib. I had known her
as a little girl, for she rod Is cams to learn dandsg at the
school to —, where I wen up, and than air we
called pretty ; ben I are/ ha would have grown
into =at a v4ry_- penny !" turnin cares-
singly to the old man, "ff were mach a beauty as thet,
wouldn't I sat the world in • bird wouldn't I, my der old
granny r
fritly".camthatal"heacl. cm
"Youtell"hii. her
11".14thein•-krama,abvkiamgy ttt:
which are worth all the muss owl lie Is Kim Girdlartems's
smooth cheek. Though they sr adder in then trey,
those onward adornmento-very trappings I"
" Well, and did you make known to bar I"
asked room Sally, impatient of this resew dot. "Coss,
Pltitillo get on with your they. The leafy didn't ay
an &bre her poor old swesthart, I eir.
' Than you 'upper with& Yrs. dunk ity. oppa
my word, I am afraid this family of mine has dethioraild
wily in intellect since I left them to vegetate by them-
selves I "
" Well, mew mind that now," rid Kok barfly. " lot
us know whet &mid about Frure."
don't tall you Wet ohs setualtjetatradaesd his ;
but, rsoon as I legs the isleset, our "dad omit to
press it. In hot,l doubt If she would hats rood me int
ceremony, if she had known et ant as much as she did
•Rerwrds. But would you bares ft l' her aunt and the
rag of them have kept her so completely in the dark Ord
him and his I'm: coding; that she had not an idea where he
aia. She node hum abreed-only think how they meet
bats iredled her, to make her belie such dr I "
" But you did not undeceive her of owns r mid Mn,
George, in an accent of grave inquiry, "Mg, did not tell
her he was hers r. and Ddoddry, otooblihie sadism asisdps-
lakes, throe his hands late
ietkowl,here dry
kept or pails jharßag With kg, owl id& he
art a dthkes eye upon his eldest daughter',,who word to
Air the thoughtlem ordain of thek "Faith!) " with equal
airman/faction. " Surely, aumadmor thip," Kula coa-
tiaod
reprovingly "It we not advisable to tell bus the
swot irh
her. vary ttheyy bre *bads had Erns!reseals As
keeping has "