«.r not. The fiction is better than fact, if the liction is the more startling ot the two. So we commend Pat to all of this class—he will be Mire to give them capital for a thrilling narra tive.

Groß>BT*s Lady's Book, fur Jamiary.—- This monthly has its usual display of fashion plates for the month, and other pictures; among them (>ue very well-conceived and executed, enti tled "A String of Pearls."