CINDERELLA'S COUNTRY HOUSE. By Mrs. G. P. Lea. (Benn. 7s.
6d.)—Judith, the heroine of Mrs. Lea's book, is rather an exasperating person. While her father lives she is bullied by him, and after his death she is tyrannized over by her half-brothers and sisters, who think that the country house, which has been left to her, should be used by them as a residential hotel. Judith, who has not been left sufficient money to keep up the property, acquiesces to this, as she does to everything else. Her house becomes a dumping ground for her young relations, who are sent there to recover from chicken- pox, love affairs and other . youthful diseases. Mrs. Lea describes these visits and their various effects on Judith with a certain amount of humour. The chief merit of the book is its consistency, for Juliet remains to the end " one of those women who are happier when they don't have to think for themselves—who really and honestly find subjection less trouble." Those in search of an hour's light entertainment may find it in this book, if they are content to believe in a heroine who will live under the rule of anybody's thumb.
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