A Book of Worthies. By the Author of the "Heir
of Redclyffe." (Macmillan.)—Miss Yonge speaks in her preface of the "Nine Worthies" famous in inediasval times. She finds it convenient to increase the number of her own heroes to thirteen, and she selects them entirely from ancient history. Joshua, David, Nehemiah, and Judas 3faccabteus are the Bible characters. Aristides, Xenophon, Epaminondas, Alex- ander, and Cleomenea belong to Greece ; and Rome contributes M. Carina Dentatus, Scipio Africanus, and Julius Omar. Hector is the thir- teenth, appearing in what may be supposed to be his proper place, though the juxtaposition is curious, between David and Aristides. These stories Miss Yong° tells with her accustomed charm of manner ; she has a gift of being picturesque, and she always takes the most conscientious pains to give correctly the accessories of her story. The book is primarily intended, we suppose, for the young, but readers of any age will enjoy it. It is not easy to select this or that story of praise, but in "Xenophon" and " Alexander " she has particularly interesting subjects, and handles them excellently well.
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