The White Princess of the Hidden City. By David Lawson
John- ston. (W. and R. Chambers.)—Here we may recognise various old acquaintances. We begin with a revolution in a South American Republic. After this comes the hidden city, one of the places where the cocks are not permitted to crow for fear of re- vealing the secret to the hated white man. The city naturally has a Queen, for the Indians have not had the opportunity of admiring the stability of Republican institutions. We are not surprised to find that the Queen is white, and that our hero is very like her. Of course there is a love affair, and for this an inevitable ending. It could not be expected that a lady, how- ever admirable, with these antecedents, would be a success in London society. The least experienced reader of fiction will be able to guess how the matter ends. There is no harm in this book and its like, but we prefer fiction that bears some definite relation to fact.
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