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NEW BOOKS
LEGENDS OF THE RHINE.
[These are three novel-sized volumes from the prolific pen of Mr.
Grattan, whose _Highways and Byeways_ have probably started off
hundreds of scribbling tourists to the Continent, much to the
annoyance of the keepers of old castles and other necromantic
haunts. These Legends, however, have little to do with the Rhine,
which is perhaps fortunate for their success, as most of the
traditionary stories of the romantic river have been dished up in
as many forms and fashions as French cooks are accustomed to serve
up eggs. A few of our Correspondents have tried their taste,
but we hope not the reader's patience, in _Rhin_-onomy; and Mr.
Planche, moreover, has wandered and sailed up and down the
district, picking to new van its mystic stories in every form
common to our literature. We have enjoyed every inch of the stream
and its banks, coloured after nature, in a panorama on paper, to
put into your pocket or portmanteau; and just now Views on the
Rhine are publishing in sixpenny portions, and becoming as little
rare as Views on the Thames; till we may as well say thick as
leaves on the Rhine, as in Vallainbrosa.
Mr. Grattan's Legends are stated to be freely adapted from the
literature of the countries where the scenes are laid.
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