REBECCA AND ROWENA. A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE. (Illustrated)

PERHAPS, all things considered, a better burlesque than "Rebecca and Rowena" has never been written in English.

Under the cover of a continuation of "Ivanhoe," Thackeray brings us back to Scott's well-loved group, and relates with inimitable drollery the story of Ivanhoe's ill-treatment by the fair Rowena, of his flight to Chalus and valiant achievements in the service of Cœur de Lion, of his death and resurrection, and finally of his marriage with the still lovely, still unhappy Rebecca.

But...