Elisabeth, Empress of Austria. By Clara Tschadi. (Swan Sonnenschein and
Co. 7s. 6d.)—To write the biography of one whose life has been passed amongst people still living must be always a difficult matter. We have, however, nothing but praise for the manner in which Miss Techudi has treated her subject; the good taste and discretion shown by her are perhaps the more conspicuous when one compares this work with another biography of the Empress published in this country. The figure of Elizabeth of Austria is one of the most pathetic in modern his- tory; heredity, disposition, circumstances, all seemed to combine against her; the lack of ability to adapt herself to her surround- ings and her well-known impatience of criticism were fatal to her both as a woman and a Sovereign. Miss Tschudi's account is impartial and sympathetic ; the latter quality is indeed neces- sary in judging one of Elizabeth's brilliant but unhappy race.
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