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Art. 51. - Letitia; or, the Castle without a Spectre. By Mrs Hunter of Norwich. 4 Vols. 12mo. 1l. 1s. Boards. Longman and Rees. 1801.
A fitter title for this work would have been 'The Letitias,' for it is the history of three - the grandmother, mother, and daughter. Miss Letitia Dashmore marries Mr Marchmount; their daughter Letitia marries Mr Rushwood; and, again, their daughter Letitia marries Alfred Langstone. The first of these ladies is but seventeen when her story commences, and the novel is not concluded till the last has presented her husband with two boys. It is a pity that Mrs Hunter did not make one of them a girl, and then she might have gone on with the history of Letitia ad infinitum. The work [356] however is not destitute of merit; but the continuation 'from generation to generation' cannot fail to tire a reader's patience. [complete]
Provided by Julie A. Shaffer, November 1999.
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