14 JULY 1906, Page 23

King Peter. By Dion Clayton Calthrop. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—King

Peter gives a fanciful picture of life in that age of romance which is so delightful to read of and must have been so unpleasant to live in. The ancient map at the beginning is an appropriate opening to the stories of the little kingdom and its baby King, and the reader will follow with sympathetic atten- tion this small figure who wore

" Violets instead of laurel in the hair, As those were all the little locks could bear."

The book is a graceful attempt to represent the age of chivalry, and may be recommended to readers who prefer that the fiction which is light enough for holiday reading should have a flavour of literature.