The Education of Jacqueline. By Claire de Pratz. (Mills and
Boon. 6s.)—Although some English characters appear in this book and it is written in English, most of the principal personages are French, and the situations of the story are seen from the French point of view. The chief feeling of English readers will be surprise at the extreme latitude which the modern French girl is allowel so long as she attends University courses. The author, however, acknowledges that the mother of her heroine brings her daughter up in rather an exceptional manner. If Madame B,eviTle had had any relations, the English reader cannot but suppose that the emancipation of Jacqueline would have been made the subject of a conseil de famille. Indeed, the result of Jacqueline's freedom is an exp-nience which, though it does her no harm, is not one which the mother of any young girl would wish her to go through. The book is well worth reading, though Jacqueline herself is not a very attractive figure.
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