Daphne in the Fatherland. (Andrew Melrose. 6s.)—This little story gives
an account of a girl's adventures in Berlin, where she moves in the highest circles. As, however, she has not been presented at home, she has to see a Court from no more glorious position than the musicians' gallery, from which she describes the magnificent doings with some humour. The differences ;between English and German society seem to be
entirely on tho surface, the German smart people being quite as keen on amusement and entertainment as their fellows in Great Britain. There is a diverting chapter which gives an account of the Emperor coming to visit some distant relations and going on a picnic liko any other human being, but the good taste of portraying living people under their own names may be questioned. Indeed, good taste is hardly a characteristic of this lively little novel.
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