, 1870-05-23

which We imagine few readers would have Az.
ticipated, peefenng to hare reserved Loshait
for union With some character more prououne-
ed than the eomewhat feeble and comnon-
place ffth daughter of the B1entham family,
in which the daughters are mainly very weak
people and the aons-in-law milk sops- The
love declaration is foolish enough to suit anJ
lovers, and the book concludes With the follow
ing pretty sceps:
-Let us rest here Tor whe;" said I.otasir,
under the shade OF this cak,r and Lady Corr.
sande recllned against It's mighty trunk, and 10
deal stiu to tell her, and among other things The
ato1I q the pearls which be had wished to gave to
she was, after al, -four good genius" said
"Weil, now said Lothair, q that case has never
pet ie opan Il for haa airaJs 1iid Visit that he
person who opened 1t should be yourself See, here
it ts.n And be gave her the case
awe viii not break the Bealtn said Lady Corr
sande. HLet Us respect It Tor her sake-RoaAlr
she said, examining Il; md then they opensd the
"a & me % I'D paeed ed upoa te peaf ana On
which she had written some unseen words- They
were read now. aud ran thus TEE OFFERING OF
THEODORA 70 10TAAIRb BRIDE"
"Let me place them on you now, Eaid Lothair.
"I will Heaz them IS your chains " said oo1i-
The gun began to tell them that some hours had
elapsed since they united Brentham House a.
Z III saht no,t r+assl a11 aunat rote 1hisnersd
Dsarrst, / thiuk We oueht to returu.n
And they returned almost n saeaee. ~ t1s ~,
inncheon.Sour if Cor1S151de nai9ht escape 70 her
room; but they we're little too lates Luncheon
Was osef. anu Iney met 'oe pueusas oN" o.
st What has become OF you, my good people :"
eaId Her Grace; "bells have been !nsnE .n aor yea
N efeiy Ian N corssndes gssdeu," SAID Lo-
thsir, aand she mas given me rosc-".
Some Of the incidental characters N tne DooR
are drawn with wonderful power, especially
Mr. Phnbua, an artist, who ls q Horahipper OF
nature, and believes in nothing which ia not
AJan; MI. Putney Giles, IothaHs solicitor
and his wife Appolonia, characters which have
certain Dickensian crlspneas and individual
ity; and Mr. Pinto, who "was one Of the mar-
wells Of English society; the moBt sought
afterof al its members, though NO one could
tell you exactly Why. He Was never
At any time either humble or pretentious< In
stead Of being paraaite, everybody aattefeo
him; and anstead OF beng hangef-on OF 60
caety, society hung On F'nso. Ine eeeeIuG
fmto Bays t"o good tmnes' noeeo' Nc
Eould sometimes 1emark' ;Wnen man 1eu
into his aneedotase. It WIS slgn iof nun 70
retire from the world. MI. Daasaah htnseh
is evidently much pleased "atn fntos cleser
pun 1o1 he sepehss u sesexA n1aes N 1ae
novel. Again, vi. flnto gets on sne 1oAo"-
ing neat san1e; Engusn " an eapIes,alse 70
language, eeys MI. flnto, "put nos dnneult
TO Master. LIS iange 's nmiteo :. consasIs,
- lar as can observe, OF for wo1os N1ce,'
ACf8TnI6T.N HOmR
gramtoanAns add 'fond'
| Indeed, commonplace 5ook msns oe h4l-
ed with aPhot18ms from Mr. D'5rseus oook, as
viii be seen oy 1e" instances which We quote
at random:
1ores "m egu ~" ~ ne We
II We could only SO eontriYe our 1ires as to go
INTO The county foE The n1st 1ote Of the nghtn. y n
Huf mutf,n - heL e11stence. II Is nnmby presumeI
might be more enjoyanle"..
.,G.ds. Jne Ga19ene1' a IKE al aeaoeataenefs YVES
ones lie changes In momontn
| "Ihe feeling Of safety. almost insepaIaole Mom
isr nnsIat;';e dssFe = s"' "'' eas4'' - 'A7'4'
q No RAJ business In them treferHng to the F.
nianse Iher Isssoa y q. 1a'IJ tale, ana tne1
aNine-senihs of e1srins books are nonsense,
~ sIterra life ot nst,nn IN ,ts no,t tmoor.
| tant one.n
,>a,,d ,1 r,oant9 so as'. 40 LAC
:. You know who tho critics are7 The men who
have failed in literature and at" (Which may be
] gy hil at Rusksnl
! .Feveryou slgn paper without reading it hrst.
ald MOVING wen mhns ntnaa II meaaa as,.o, ,o~a,
a. nrtt, nv ~, ~. n. ma, snns1re n lin,
self mill he kss In acted. M ~ '~' eA- ~
Ie saws of Lord S. Jerome: q ne lorcd CONVEX
| saiion, though ht never conversed There must
! be NJ audience he tsu,,1l say, land am The a1'-