20 DECEMBER 1884, Page 20

Queen Amethyst ; or, the Life of Snow. By Henry

Blunt. (Marcus Ward and Co.)—It is not easy to describe this little tale beyond saying that it is a love-story prettily told. Egbert, a young prince, with the cares of rule heavy up on him, finds at once a fitting helpmate, and the fulfilment of a mysterious oracle which foretells his doom, in the humble maiden who becomes "Queen Amethyst."