The Sun. — 1866-05-02 (London, England)

LONDON SOCIETY.—This periodical as usual PreBents its readers with a variety of amusing and they nearly all of them are completed in °T3eO telling, so that there is no great stretch of Pati.!nfo required. " Patty's Revenge," _which has been divided into three parts, is now concluded in a very satisfactory manner. Patty improves as the story' pr°,.. ceeds, and shows great sense and spirit in the last trYiees scenes. " Second Thoughts" is a peculiar story that d 0 ,S not preach the merit of constancy. "Mrs. Beauchamp Little Plans" are ingeniously described, and her failure 11talegt last is quite a relief after her absurdities and affectatioeS' " Waiting for the Waggon" is a clever sketch of some derjc scenes in life's page, and is told in an impressive inallu°. Hew Kate Discovered America" is a puny illuatratioe of geographical wonders. "Up and Down the Loud°„a Streets" carries us back to old days of sport and pastio?"t and presents us with many varied scenes and as,` sketches. " The Merchant Princes of England" has' t. this time, an account of the commerce of the preSeua, "Sulkeries" is a sketch of some addition that might Il visedly be made to domestic architecture, and thus ° duce to the comfort and order of the establishment. "T„)i,: London Opera Directors" contains some inters of sketches, and we meet with an allusion to the couling the "Swedish Nightingale," of whom it is truly sal,"' ,50 did come and created such an excitement that, altb7it nearly twenty years have elapsed since the April v.e, when her first notes were heard, the scene is vividil,,bo membered by those who had share in it, and theset':,a simply know by hearing of the terrors of a "JoellYit-ogi o" crush." Speaking of the Jenny Lind excitement. while ther, it is said that "it will not be forgotten live'a memory of Her Majesty's Theatre endures." old DIAcmILLAN's.—Mrs. Norton's story of bat Sir Douglas" proceeds with interest certaittlY' ter. interest of a somewhat unsatisfactory cbarachieli The young bride is installed in her new abode, W-ryl- es at first appears a Paradise, but presently 053—ter$ a more earthly and ordinary aspect. The charac ,1 introduced are by no means favourable speolulenns aria humanity, with the exception of the immediate he two heroine, and as it is easy to foresee a whole 1"-eoreP:c4:c if; of misunderstandings and disaappointments the _.,„°13:);v5 by no means a cheerful one. The other tale now ,1100 on from month to month, " Cradock Nowell, ood several important strides in this number. There is evi'bich deal of exaggeration and affectation in the style, ~;dept interferes with the effect, but it is not deficient in ale or animation. We are not only told the secret °,O as murderer, but of the murder ; the motive for the "el; Nbo well as the actual culprit. Meanwhile, poor Credec`3o3, is has been packed off to the southern seas for his hriflo out left behind on a desert island, apparently to get ,L'-v,O an of the way until the real truth is made clear. We Sit' account of the "Education of Englishwomen in t-,-01 the teenth Century," which gives a very impressive lis 0000 atatinments of our early English maidens. The sndfora which attended Sir Thomas More's experiments solid strong encouragement to the advocates of a olerLrjoll education for our girls. A letter from Lady Doff"'Toiee will be welcome to those who are familiar with her sant volume, even though it is tinged with the mela/3,oficeS which generally accompanies ill-health. The grieN lid 0 of the poor people round her are as great as ever, li `Fill unjust. " The Camp in Canada" is an article "ivhic wbca be read with some interest at the present time' 0 I colonial affairs are exciting so much attention. - anllll' M.P.'S