Literary Gossip.

journalist . In another way the work will accomplish great good , in that if cannot fail to awaken in the public mind a larger sympathy with , and appreciation of , the multitudinous army of energetic men to whom they are so muchindebted in these days of ceaseless travel .

Bro . Herr F . Reinhold Miiller , Mus . Bac . Oxon , of Hull , who has recentl y been on a tour through the United States , has just published , through Chappel and Co ., of New Bond-street , a very pretty piece of pianoforte music for the drawing-room , entitled " A Souvenir of Niagara , " dedicated , by permission , to the American President .

The January issue of The Burlington contains a sensible and scathing article , entitled " True iEsthetics , " which fittingly holds up to ridicule the fashionable sham miscalled sestheticisin , and pleads for genuine purity in art and poesy , the outcome of sound moralit y and nobility of thought , in an eloquent ancl masterly manner . John Ruskin , we understand , has written to Miss Helen Mathers , the editor of The Burlington , a characteristic letter ,

expressing approval of this paper , but avowing his belief that it is useless longer to try to open blind eyes to the truth that the perception of beauty must include moral as well as physical perfection . In the same magazine there is a very entertaining contribution from the pen of Dr . W . H . Russell , the veteran war correspondent , strangel y headed "A 1 , " which is presumably a record of personal experiences of Scottish society . There are also other readable papers , poems , ancl stories , including the commencement of a new novel by Miss Mathers , entitled " Jock o' Hazelgreen . " The Burlington , issued at sixpence , is equal to any of its higher priced contemporaries .

" Trust Her Not" is the title of a new novel b y Helena Gullifer , the promising author of " A Bunch of Snowdrops , " "The Apostle of Matrimony , " & c , which recently came to hand from the publishing house of Messrs . Tinsley Bros . The author is by no means unknown , her numerous contributions to various periodicals having in the past attracted a good deal of attention . The novel before us is both clever and interesting ; the characters are particularl y well drawn

, and some of them will leave other than an ephemeral impression on the reader ' s mind . Vere Estcourt , though a trifle too coquettish for our taste , is altogether a delighful creation , and in reading the story we have here and there ardently longed to put her righfr through very love of her . Cecil Treherne , albeit a noble fellow , did not give poor Vere a chance from the beginning ; and the author , in dealing with him and his strict sense of honour , has

here and there verged on the impossible , or , at any rate , the improbable ; though we confess to a feeling of genuine satisfaction when , towards the end of the third volume , the malicious designs of Lady Alicia are frustrated , ancl Cecil takes Vere to his heart and ( inferentially ) home . Clifford Treherne , in many respects a heartless fellow , is very sincere in his love for Vere , and one of the finest bits in the book is that where he annuls his engagement with the pining

girl . Godfrey Vane is not an impossible creation , though he is , unquestionably , a fool ; and Ino Blake ' s innocent devotion deserves a better finale . We should have much preferred to see him comfortabl y married and settled to some one other than Vere . Interwoven with the main story is a delig htful little French romance , which forms a pleasant change from what , however , could never be considered monotonousexceptperhapsbthe most blase

, , , y readers . The dialogue throughout is bright and sparkling , and though the completeness of the story might have been enhanced by a little more " atmospheric effect and literary landscape painting , yet so cleverly does our author hit off the characteristics of various people met with in societ y , and so quickly does incident follow incident , that we scarcely seem to notice their absence . Speaking generally , " Trust Her Not" is a work of which any young author