Cousin Cinderella. By Mrs. Everard Cotes (Sara Jeannette Duncan). (Methuen
and Co. 6s.)—" Cousin Cinderella " appears, we observe, as "Cinderella of Canada" in the headlines. Cinderella, who is a Miss Trent, daughter of as big a millionaire as Canada is equal to making, comes over to London. No one can help being reminded of " Penelope in England" and elsewhere. There is nothing like imitation, and the differences are considerable; the humour is less strongly marked, the study of character more subtle. But is it too rash to suppose that Mrs. Cotes wanted to show that a Canadian young woman may have just as good a time as any American, and that her experiences may be just as mach worth reading? So, indeed, they are. The book is delightful. Of course a native critic cannot quite tell how London looks to a visitor from Canada. All that he can say is that the description is vraisemblable in the highest degree. That the general sketches of society and the drawing of the various personalities, great and small, are admirable be can affirm with confidence.
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