Lilamani. By Maud Diver. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—This is the
story of the marriage of a young artist with a high-caste Hindu lady. The scene, however, is not, as might be thought from this description, laid in India, but on the Riviera and in England. Lilamani, the heroine, has fled with her enlightened father, Sir Lakshman Singh, from a marriage, arranged by her mother, with the intention of studying medicine in order to serve her countrywomen. In her semi-emancipated state she falls in love with a young Englishman, and the difficulty she has in adapting herself to the role of an English wife shows how impos- sible would have been the plan of her studying medicine. Lilamani is a beautiful and fascinating personage, but it must be confessed that, although the author sees her through rose-coloured spectacles, the reader will sympathize with the point of view of the English relations-in-law, who find her more than trying.
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