Lady Betty Across the Water. By C. N. and A.
M. Williamson. (Methuen and Co. as.)-.–These authors always take Baedeker as a model when they are writing fiction. That is to say, their only idea of a story is to rush their characters violently from one place to another, generally in a motor-car. The motor-car in this present book is only an incident, and the reader is spared having another "chauffeur.". as hero. The Lady Betty of the story, instead of flying over the continent of Europe in a high-power car, goes by an ordinary steamer to America, and the authors have given a very entertaining account of society in the "smart set" in New York and at Newport. It is perhaps necessary to warn English readers that besides the "smart" Society of the Four Hundred there is a great deal of quiet intellectual society in NewYork which does not indulge in the extraordinary freaks of the millionaires; but naturally the account of the doings of these latter is more amusing to English people. There is a pretty little love story mixed up with Lady Betty's other adventures, and the whole book may be recommended to people who like their fiction clothed with a guide-book atmosphere.
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