The White Brunswickers ; or, Reminiscences of Schoolboy L. By
the Rev. H. C. Adams, ILA., late Fellow of Magdalene College, Oxford. With illustrations. (R.ontledge, Warne, and Routledge.)--The author has chosen to tell one, or rather two stories, founded on his own ex- perience of one of those large private solloola which are now superseded by proprietary schools and joint-stock colleges. When we say founded on his own experience, we mean of course so far as the tone of the school, system of discipline, and rank of the scholars is concerned. The incidents are probably purely imaginary. The only fault we can find is that the book in fact consists of two distinct stories, and that it is impossible that the half-dozen senior boys of a school should be replaced when they leave by a second half-dozen of almost exactly similar characters. This, however, will not trouble boys, the incidents of the two tales being quite different. And in the more material point of giving a faithful picture of school-boy life Mr. Adams has achieved a great success. His heroes are not too mannish in their morality, and. though the crimes of ill-disposed boys seldom lead to such catastrophes as they produce in the White Brunswickers, this is an allowable exag- geration. The title of the story is not happily chosen.
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