The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-27 00:00:00

LITBRA 7 ti RE.

7he Illustrated Girl's Own treasury. By the
Editor of the " Illustrated Boy's own Treasury."
Ward and Lock.

This is a very desirable book to place in the
hands of the young people for whom it is designed.
It is al ways satisfactory to meet with novels of this
class for the young, and the present one combines a
great variety of pleasing and profitable subjects.
The following list will exemplify their character :
Bible Biography of Eminent Women ; Rudiments
of Ornamental Needlework, with designs for pre-
sents ; Tales of Purpose, and Poems of Refinement;
Chamber Birds and Bird Keeping ; Music ; His-
tory of Fans, Veils, and Purses ; Phenomena of the
Months, and Wild Flowers ; In door Exercises and
Out-door Recreations. It will be found by those
concerned in such an undertaking that the endea-
vour to provide young girls with instructive enter-
tainment for their leisure moments has been suc-
cessfully carried out, and as some of the happiest
hours to enjoy at the time, and to look back on in
after years, are those spent in such employment, it
is a service thus rendered to the juvenile community
to compile such a volume as this elegant gift-book,
and it As to be hoped that its reception will prove
in conformity with its merits.

Minnie's Love. By the author of " A Trap to
Catch a Sunbeam," etc., etc. Lockwood and Co.,
Stationers' Hall Court.

This is a light story that will serve to amuse a
leisure hour, and that contains in its lively pages
some useful hints and some wise reflections that
may be of great service to those similarly situated.
Minnie is of a very sweet disposition, but hardly
possessed of the requisite firmness that can enable
one to steer safely in the path of life. Edward
Woodford did not deserve so good a wife ; but it is at
all events satisfactory to know that at last he began
to appreciate her better, and that the gentleness she
displayed in trying cases, and the genuine good
feeling that was her peculiar attribute, made her
shine out rare and conspicuous amid the trifling
set surrounding her. Agnes Hay is a delightful
being ; she was gifted in an eminent degree with
that energy that Minnie lacked, and she proved of
inestimable advantage to the young wife when she
went to stay with her. Miss Harrowby is very
ably sketched, and many like her are to be met
with every day in society, where they contrive to
make others as wretched by their insinuations as
they render themselves by their spite and ill-nature.
This little volume may be taken up in the expee-
tation of an hour's pleasant reading, and there are
many who will be agreeably employed in tracing
out its tangled course till they arrive at the satis-
factory conclusion, and leave Minnie as happy in
her home as she deserves to be from her goodness,
her gentleness, and her contented spirit.

Collieries and Colliers, by John Coke Fowler,
Barrister-at-law. Longman.

Mr. Fowler has devoted much Care to the com-
pilation of this volume. The work is intended to
be a book of reference for the benefit of non-pro-
fessional persons connected with collieries. From a
long experience the author is convinced that there
exists a great ambiguity in the relation between
master and servant in the collieries, and he has
suggested a form of contract which he conceives
may serve to meet the various difficulties which
have often occurred in the enforcement of con-
tracts. The whole subject of coal is carefully
examined, and the rights of ownership or leasing
are commented on, and various cases are cited in
support of the opinions laid down by the authcr.
Much useful information is contained in this work
which wild, no doubt, be read with interest by
those conacetcd with collieries.

Three soldiers of thv 72d Regiment, named Suire
D espersin, and Roussel were some time ago condemned by
the Military Tribunal at Tours, the first to two years' im-
prisonment, and the other two to one year each for having
appropriated a letter containing two bank notes, 0113 of 500 f.
and the other of 100 f., which they found in a street at Poi-
tiers, where it had been lost by a clerk of the Ponts-et-
Chausseles. Against this condemnation Suire yesterday
appealed to the Court of Revision, sitting at Paris; but as
it was shown that it was he who had picked up the letter,
had broken the seal, and had proposed to the other two
men to spend the money in feasting, the judgment was con-
firmed.