"And other stories of New England Life," is the second title of this handsome little volume, with a shore scene on the cover, printed by John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, and published by Little, Brown & Co. Only the initials C. H. W. appear on the titlepage; but C. H. W. writes seven admirable stories, all but two of which have before seen the light, in magazines. They are faithful pictures of seacoast life; and one may judge the author to be a lawyer, both from the incidents of the stories, and from the fact that his publishers are well known as the patron saints of law-books. As to the tales themselves, it would be difficult to say which one likes best, each is so graphic. Perhaps foremost is the one about Eli, the fellow who stood out, as the one man on a jury, for his friend's life; and next to it comes one about the parson who had to preach a funeral sermon about a man who had lived a century, but done nothing else worth mentioning. These sketches bear the earmarks of being drawn from life.
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