3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 29

The Reign of the Princess Naska. By Amelia H. Stirling,

M.A. (Blackie and Son.)—This is somewhat too doleful a story for us. The Princess Naska rules Tsarkovia, and is, bylthe law of the principality, actual Sovereign, though of tender years. This is a burden to which she is not equal, and we are asked to hear the sad tale of how she fails under it. It is told with spirit, and the gloom is relieved with flashes of humour. The illustrations (by Mr. Paul Hardy) are of more than average merit.