"I vronM rftthor be * poor innn In a K«rrot with plotiiy of hooka than a king who did not love reading. Loan Macau la. v. WITH PAPER-KNIFE AND PEN. “ TurruKNA in Love,” by Walter Raymond. Mucimllan’H Colonial Library. (Welling ton ; S, and W. Maokay.) Thin ia a moat dollKbtful little story of English country life, a pastoral comedy in which there ia some pathos and much love making, a delicate little genre picture in literature. Mr Raymond's plot ia alight enough. There are only four characters ; Mrs I’ettigruw (almoataagoodnaMra Poyaor in “ Adam Redo ”), a Somerset farmer’s widow, her crippled son John, Tryphena, tho charming rustic heroine, as ” straight and bright aa tho poppy docks sho some times brought in from tho hillside,” and Miss Merviu, a fashionable young lady, whose people bad taken a lease of a loeal manor house. Tryphena, who had been tho cause of the accident by which John had been crippled, worships him. John is a great reader and romantically (inclined. A chance interest shown in his tastes by tho visitor from the Hall breeds ardent love on his part, much, of course, to tho sorrow of his faithful lover, tho rustic maiden Tryphena. But John’s dream is soon broken, for Miss Morvin is engaged to and marries another, and all ends happily for John and his rosy-cheeked Somerset cousin. Hardly a novel tho story is, hut a pretty little idyll, full of tho most delicate touches. Mr Raymond uses tho “ Zumrnor sot" dialect very adroitly. It pervades, but does not dominate tho story, and, thank goodness, it is never so recondite as to drive the reader to tho end of the book for a glossary. Wo can heartily recommend this very charming story to tho attention of our readers. It will not please those •who take pleasure in “ sex novels,” nor in historical romances of tho cut and thrust class, nor yet again those who revel in morbid horrors; it ia just a clever, sweet, wholesome story of country life, and aa such it has afforded us, at least, a few hours of unalloyed pleasure on a dreary wot holiday.
