Miss Brown's Basket. By Mrs. Henry Charles. (Nisbet.)—This is a
very pleasing little story of a worthy old lady whose father had been a missionary in India, and whose heart is, in conse- quence, devoted to the work of Christian proselytisation there. She has no means of her own—unless an income of .2135 be accounted means—and all she can do to gratify her heart's desire is to sell the fruits of her labours in the shape of the contents of her missionary basket. We are told here how Miss Brown attains success, and how she is, in effect, the means of her favourite mission being established, and also how she may be said to bring about a marriage between Mr. Moreton, the clergyman who takes up her father's work, and a girl in every way worthy of him. The por- traits of Mrs. Fortescue, who does on a large scale what Miss Brown does on a small, of Minna, and of Mr. Moreton, are all carefully executed. But Miss Brown is the true heroine of her own story. This little book is, it is hardly necessary to say, suited only to readers of a certain class ; but such will appreciate its simplicity and unobtrusive piety.
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