SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Baas of the week as lairs not been reserred for review in other forms.]
The House of Tech. By Louis Felberman. (John Long. 12s. 6d net.)—The reader may profitably begin his study of this volume by consulting the two genealogical tables which are given on pp. 10 and 16. The second of these shows the Hungarian descent of the Tecks and so of our present Queen. Duke Geza, great- grandson of Arphd (died 907), founder of the dynasty, had by his second wife, a Polish princess, a daughter, who married &inn Aba, King of Hungary, in the eleventh century. From him was descended Claudia, Countess of Rhedey, who married Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. The Countess Ehedey's son was the Duke of Teck, who married the Princess Mary of Cambridge. The first table shows the lineage of Prince Alexander of Wiirtem- berg, and the connexion through him with the reigning families of Russia and Austria. This preliminary knowledge will help the reader to appreciate the mass of detail, historical and personal, which Mr. Felberman, who has made a special study of Hungarian matters, has collected in this volume.
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