The Young Queen, and other Stories. By E. S. Vicars:
(George Bell and Sons.)—Miss Vicars's stories are clever, some of them vary clever, if we may judge by six out of the nine that we have read carefully. " Giles " is admirably told, and so is "In Disguise." The last in the book, " Only a Schoolboy," is pathetic, and shows a very clear conception of what "only a schoolboy" means, when he is in immediate expectation of death. We should say that, for the most part, the cleverest tales amongst them want a little more of incident,—but this is not true of " Dolly's Adventure," or " Twelve o'Clock," or "A Winter Night," which are all incident, and very lively. All are written with great vivacity, and a good deal of knowledge of character. " In Disguise," especially, is as lively a sketch of a clever and opinionated girl as we have ever come across.
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