The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-27 00:00:00

LFIERATURE.

Breezie Langton. By Hawley Smart. 3 Vole.
Richard Bentley.
The names of the heroine and the author of these
volumes are quite characteristic of the style—lively,
smart, and vivacious —in which the story is peened.
Purporting to give us a picture of molern society
during three memorable years, from '52 to '55,
" Breezie Langton, " beginning with lively
sketches of fashionable life in town and country,
conducts us in the third volume to scenes of
romantic interest and horror, the battle-fields of
the Crimea and the hospitals of Scutari. Poor
Breezie, for such is the appellation of the heroine,
has cause to quarrel with the conclusion of the his-
tory, but we shall betray no secrets. The readers
cf ner story will find that a tale which begins in
a manner the most amusing, furnishes, before its
conclusion, matter of deep and lively interest. The
villain of the tale, the unscrupulous Captain Delete,
affords us in the first volume considerable matter of
entertainment. His cool escape from under the
very hands of a sheriff's officer is delightfully told, and
the reader, for the time being, sympathises with the
delinquent captain, and enjoys the discomfi-
ture of the unfortunate bailiff. There are
other scenes, however, in which Captain
Delete does not appear to such advantage, such as
the one where he plays the thief by the bedside of
his dying sister. While this reprobate furnishes
the tragical element ofithe tale, we have a variety of
more pleasing characters—Jack Travers, Tom Lyt-
tlereck, Charlie Repton, and others, who take part
in the livelier scenes. The gay group assembled in
the early chapters at Donnington Hall, who are scared
by the midnight apparition of a white owl, presumed
to be a ghost, meet with a variety of chances and
changes during the three eventful years which ensue;
but " all is well that ends well," and the various
personages of the drama, -after a very spirited per-
formance of their several parts, retire happy ever
afterwards, with the important exception of the fair
Breezie Langton herself, whose name lingers with
regretful interest in the recollection of the reader.

Diana's Crescent. By the Author of " Mary
Powell." 2 Vols. Richard Bentley.

It is pleasant for us to meet again a work from
the well-rememembered hand of the delightful
authoress of " Mary Powell." That charming
autobiography of the wife of Milton is not likely
to be forgotten by any of its readers. Not
for that work only, but for some half score of
others, all in their several ways more or less attrac-
tive, we have cause to feel grateful to the author
of " Mary Powell." " Diana's Crescent" ac-
cordingly will find favour with many readers.
It is a pleasant little tale, narrating the adven-
tures of the various inhabitants of Diana's Crescent
meaning thereby not the celestial ornament of the
goddess, but a semi-circle of suburban dwelling-
houses. Mrs. Grace, and her worthy husband and
her charming daughters,are deligh tf ul acquaintances,
and the life and soul of the social gatherings of
the Crescent. Among the inhabitants of this clas-
sic neighbourhood is a misanthropic author, spok en
of as " the great Panjandrum," who is at one time
imagined to be no other than Junius himself ! The
time of the narrative is at the beginning of the
century, and some of the English visitors kept as
" detenua" in France are connected with the heroes
awl heroines of the story. Not containing matter
of very deep or serious interest, " Diana's Crescent"
gives us a pleasant history of an attractive group
of very miscellaneous characters.

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