sion  ;  and  every  page  of  the  book  itself  inculcates  the  truth  that
self-education  begins  where  school  education  ends,  and  that,
although  a  parent  or  teacher  may  stimulate  the  mind  and
mould  the  manner,  each  individual  must  form  his  or  her  own
character.''

The  compiler  of  this  book  willingly  acknowledges  that  "  Sensi-
ble Etiquette  and  Home  Culture  "  is  the  fruit  of  seed  sown  by  the
writer  of  "  Unsettled  Points  of  Etiquette."  She  has  not  forgot-
ten the  nature  of  the  criticism  that  her  predecessor  in  the  same
field  encountered,  and  she  intends  to  follow  up  her  compilation
with  a  history*  of  the  anonymous  criticism  of  that  essay,  which
criticism,  not  pretending  to  deal  with  the  subject-matter  except-
ing in  the  way  of  misquoting  and  misrepresenting  it,  called  in
gofisip  and  slander  to  its  aid,  interpolating  fictitious  events  in  the
life  of  the  essayist,  and  catering  to  the  amusement  of  "  the  Wen-
hams  and  the  Falconers  "  in  her  own  circle,  as  well  as  to  the
gloating  enjoyment  of  a  class  that  always  relishes  keenly  any
attack  upon  its  superiors.
If  this  compilation  is  to  be  assailed  in  like  manner,  as  predicted,
and  its  compiler  is  to  be  pilloried,  as  was  the  author  of  ''  Unset-
tled Points,"  its  readers  at  least  will  have  an  opportunity  of
learning  how  the  book  notices  of  critics  are  often  written ;  how
personal  ill-will  finds  vent  in  pretended  critiqiies;  and  how  re-
viewers, professing  to  feel  their  moral  responsibility,  can  contra-
dict each  other  in  their  reviews.
