Two stories are bef , re us, by two ladies who
fl,•vote the:r abili• ties to the improvement of their sex,—/aoliterte, by 11I1s. HOF- LANro; and :•/ Lecia'a Gip. by Mrs. JANE K NDERIX S xxneon.n. The main object of the first tale is told by its title. The events by which the virtue of eirtittele is inculcated upon young ladies, arise out of the Rebellion of 1715, and the distress and reverses of fortune which civil commotions inflict upon families. The public characters who figure in the pages are the Pretender, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Rockingham. The Lady's (sift is not limited to the enforcement of one virtue: Mrs. Saari-nn:It wishes to show woman as she ought to be, in all the relations of life; she exhibits her Em in the carious characters of' a supposed Motionless girl at boarding-school, the adopted daughter of her uncle, a mistress, a wife, and a mother: and brings her with cre- dit through each and all. There might have beau introduced iota both tales, with advantage. something mere of worldly probability
and knowledge of actual life; but both possess a pleasant interest, inculcate a pure morality, and arc written with elegance and spirit.
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