My Mistress the Queen : a Tale of the Seventeenth
Century. By M. A. Paull. With fear illustrations by C. T. Garland. (Blackie and
Son.)—The Queen is Mary, wife of William III., and the period, the latter days of Charles II. to their accession. The tale is told by a lady of the household of Mary, in a style of some dignity, as befitting her position. It is, as would he expected, intimately connected with the chief events of the period; but beyond that we are introduced to the social and inner life of the Royal personages, and to several con.
temporary celebrities. The book is intended for young people (girls, perhaps, particularly), and will afford them very interesting and in- structive historical reading. The tale is well told, and is as pleasing
as can.be expected of the unpleasant period to which it relates. The book is got up very nicely, and is very suitable for a prize or gifts book.
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