Peter Binney, Undergraduate. By Archibald Marshall. (T. Bowden. Gs.)—This story
reminds us of " Vice-Versi." We might even say that it would not have been written but for Mr. Anstey's book. This does not mean, however, that it is an imitation, in any disparaging sense of the word. The plot may be briefly set out. Lucius Binney goes up to Cambridge, and his father takes up a strange notion that he should like to go up at the same time in the same capacity. This he does, having with no little difficulty fitted himself for passing the entrance examination. Further, he takes up the notion that he ought to be somewhat rowdy. Of course all this is simple farce, but there is a good deal of fun about it, though Mr. Marshall, as a humourist, is not at all times equal to himself. Perhaps Mr. Stubbs, the "agreeable rattle," as such characters used to be called, is the most amusing personage in the book. His appearance is always welcome.
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