LADY LOGIN'S RECOLLECTIONS.
Lady Login's Recollections : 1820.1901. By E. Dalhousie Login. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Lady Login was the wife of Sir John Login, of the Indian Medical Service, who at the time of their marriage in 1842 was stationed at Lucknow and was physician to the King of Oude. When the Punjab was conquered in 1849, Login was given charge of the Citadel at Lahore with its treasury, in which the Koh-i-noor was the chief prize, and was also appointed Governor to the dethroned Maharajah Duleop Singh, then twelve years of age. The chief interest of the book lies in the very full account of this unlucky Prince, who could never reconcile himself to the loss of his throne and was alternately petted by society and disciplined by the India Office. Lady Login was appointed by Queen Victoria to be the guardian of an Indian Princess, who married a Scottish officer and died young. She was at Court one day when the Queen entered " flying with the eagerness of a young girl," and, waving a telegraph form," called out in triumphant tones, 'Lady Login, Lady Login, I am a grandmother'" I It was January 2711, 1859, and the telegram announced the birth of the present Kaiser.
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