Maids of Honour. By A. J. Green-Armytage. (W. Blackwood and
Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—This somewhat eccentric title has been given to a volume containing "twelve descriptive sketches of single women who have distinguished themselves" in various provinces of action, philanthropy, literature, travel, 1m. It is a book well worthy of attention ; possibly the biographer may now and then look at things from a standpoint different from the reader's. But it is written with sympathy, even enthusiasm, and, indeed, a book of this kind cannot be written to any good purpose without them. Among the most interesting is "Louisa Alcott," with i sketch of that very curious person Alcoa pare, "Sister 'Dora," and "Caroline Lucretia Herschel." The portraits, which have been carefully collected, make a valuable addition to the volume. That of Marianne North, taken by Mrs. Cameron, is remarkably good.
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