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and heiress of a Kentish Squire, whose town re-
sidt.uce. is in. iZusil-squaft—tha Inca-
aii-igno..ice.ice of whose geography ought,
• according to Mr. Croke'', to be a matter ofboast
among gentlemen. Clara, however, has fixed.
affections on a certain Frank Sherborne,
19rut being persuaded, by the insidious
!•-tuits of the Major, into a belief - that
tie is playing her
alse, she resents his
conduct so warmly, that, in a paroxysm
of disgust, indignation, and despair, she
marries his unprincipled rival. Long and
bitter remorse is the consequence. Almost hn-
litediately after the ceremony has taken place,
the Major's ,-- real character begins to d..yelope it-
k'lf• lie wholly neglects his young wife; in-
troduces her to the society of 'sharpers,
blacklegs, arid roues of all sorts ; spends,
1.,!1 every species of extravagance, the large
fortune she has brought to him ; and then
• . hire to prevail on her father to grant
41111 a fresh supply of cash. But the old Squire,
who has by this time become acquainted with
the true character of his son-in-law, refuses to
'Vrant him any further accommodation; and even
rivesto marry a second time, in the hope
that he may thereby preclude the Major from
Possession of his fortune after death.
"40e- sooner has he decided on this perilous
periment, than be instantly put it in o execution,
ttn4 Major Faulkland finds himself disappointed
In all his expectations, by the Squire's becoming
once again a father. To entrap, and even mur-
der this child, is now the Major's great aim; but
just at the moment when he imagines that his
,suceess is sure, he is foiled by the skill and de-
, rtnination of his unfortunate wife's former
°l'er, Frank Sherborne, who gets a clue to his
• lantivres, and revenges his own injuries and
tthose of Clara by collecting a party of friends at
Bpot where the child is to be seized, one of
Z.L'orn shoots the M.jor through the head, as
„e is in the act of making his escape from
re hands of justice. The great stumbling-block
~r;t his path thus effectually removed, Frank mar-
ies the widow ; and the story terminates with
:1,0 death of the old Squire's second wife, when
course his property reverts back to the young
*lt*, who are left in a state of supreme feli-
d: There is no great novelty in these incidents,
they are skilfully worked up, particularly the
Frank
of the pursuit of Major Faulkland by
"14: and his party, which will be read with
Of its
hless interest, from 'the uncommon vigour
details.

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'4XIMUMS AND SPECIMENTS OF
W. MUGGINS.
Chapman, London, 1841.
p9rle or two of the incidents in this autobiogra-
Teal sketch evince something like humour, of
e:road, farcical character, but the greatest re-
trnlmendation of the volume consists in its illus-
b ative engravings, the designs for which have
een all furnished by Onwhyn, who exhibits as
lUch drollery of conception as the late Seymour.
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°GRAPHICAL HISTORY of SURREY.
Pala Vll.

.Ede, Dorking, 1841.
w The present Part of this useful topographical
o,°.r.k, which is under the skilful superintendence
Brayley, contains, among other embellish-
'ruts, a view of Wotton House and park, once
"-ft seat of old Evelyn, whose memoirs and dis-
putations on forest trees are well known. The
e is executed with great tact. When the
Ivo
• rk is finished, if it be carried on with its pre-
• spblisht,e t, td will be the best history of Surrey
u.