19 DECEMBER 1903, Page 22

The Queen Can Do No Wrong. By Herbert Compton. (Chatto

and Windus. 65.)—Who would have thought of selecting as a heroine Caroline of Brunswick ? It is true that at one time she was a popular favourite. But the feeling was not so much admiration for her as disgust of the man who was supposed to be persecuting her. Given the extraordinary heroine, the story has some interest and merit. The hero is kidnapped when quite a young child ; he becomes attached to the household of Queen Caroline, and is able to give some curious descriptions of the men and manners of the time. He has, too, a sufficiently readable story of his own fortunes to tell.