A Corner of Old Cornwall. By Mrs. John Bonham. (The
Unicorn Press.)—The picturesque effects of this book—and they are many and varied—axe brought about, it seems, without any effort. There is no striving for effect, there is no elaboration of style. The story is without a plot, it simply moves on, having for its chief figure an old Cornish farmer, Joslyn by name, to whom we reluctantly bid farewell when the last chapter is reached. As we journey on with the teller of the story we meet not a few interesting people. Such is the thriftless Obadiah Hendy's busy sister-in-law, Patty, one of the Mrs. Poyser class. 'Diah is about to be turned out of his farm for non-payment of rent, and Patty wants to know what he is going to do :—" replies 'Dial, reverently lifting his eyes to the kitchen beams, I shall never want. He who feeds the ravens will feed me !'—' Good, well, we shall see,' says Patty with a knowing nod, but 'tie my blief that et you wait for the Almighty to feed 'a, an' you gooen' 'bout dooen' nawthen, you'll heve an hempty stummaich often.' "
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