18 NOVEMBER 1893, Page 36

Social Studies. By Lady Wilde. (Ward and Downey.)—Lady Wilde writes

about many things—about the" Bondage of Women," about "Genius and Marriage" ("the sum of all experience is apparently rather against marriage for the race of the gifted "), about "American Women" (whom she admires with but half her heart), about Australia, and, of course, about Ireland (she would transport Ireland to Australia—but what would the priests say ?). One of her essays is a sharp criticism on a book of poetry called "Selections for Irish Children," issued by the Irish Commis- sioners for Education. She seems to have hit not a few blots in it, though she lays herself open now and then to a charge of ignorance or want of taste.