Frank, of the tenant class, falls in love with the landlord’s daughter, Fanny. Their love is discovered, and Frank finds it best to emigrate to Australia. Here he has various adventures—bush-rangers, gold-diggings, and so on. A comic element is afforded by the sayings and doings of his man, Jerry Doolin. Meanwhile F’s father and his friend, another widower, contend for the favours of the widow Daly—rather broad comedy—while Fanny, without losing her place in society, is running a bookshop while waiting for Frank. All is well in the end. A very pleasant story in every respect. “Collingwood” is a village near Melbourne. Part of the story takes place at Bray. ⸺ GERALD AND AUGUSTA; or, The Irish Aristocracy. Pp. 320. (_Cameron & Ferguson_). 6_d._ paper. How Gerald, orphan son of Lord Clangore, is brought up in London to be anti-Irish, while his sister is brought up by a Mr. Knightly (a stay-at-home Irish squire absorbed in Ireland) to love Ireland. How chance brings Gerald to Ireland where he is quite won over to her cause. This chance is a wreck off the W. coast of Ireland resulting in Gerald’s falling temporarily into the hands of “Captain Rock.” Many amusing adventures and situations follow. The author’s sympathies are all for Ireland, but they are not blind or unreasoned sympathies. Very ably written both in style and construction. ⸺ HAMPER OF HUMOUR, A; by Liam. Pp. 176. (_Gill_). 2_s._ 1913. A series of character and _genre_ studies—the shy man, the drunken driver who wakes to find himself in a hearse and thinks it is his own funeral, the returned American, the magistrates who do a good turn for their friends. In this last and in several other sketches (notably in the two concerned with Cork railways) there is a note of satire. There is plenty of genuine humour to justify the title. The Cork accent is cleverly hit off; practically all the sketches are more or less Corkonian. ⸺ HARRY O’BRIEN: a Tale for Boys. (N.Y.: _Benziger_. 0.25 net. _Burns and Lambert_). 1859. By the author of “Thomas Martin.” A little pious and moral Catholic story. The scene is laid in London. ⸺ HERMITE EN IRLANDE, L’. Two Vols. 12mo. (PARIS: _Pillet Ainé_). 1826. “Ou observations sur les mœurs et usages des irlandais au commencement du xix siècle.” Interspersed with stories, occupying a large part of the book. Titles:—“Le Cunnemara,” “Le naufrage,” “Mogue le Boiteux,” “Le rebelle,” “La sorcière de Scollough’s Gap,” “Les bonnes gens,” “Les cluricaunes,” “Bill le Protestant,” “Turncoat Watt ou l’apostat,” “Le double vengeance,” “Le retour de l’absent,” etc. These are obviously taken for the most part from Whitty’s book, _q.v._ ⸺ HONOR O’MORE’S THREE HOMES. (N.Y.: _Benziger_). 0.25 net. ⸺ HUGH BRYAN: The Autobiography of an Irish Rebel. (BELFAST). Pp. 478. 1866.