Delphina of the Dolphins. By Mary A. Taylor. (The Vineyard
Press. Is. 6d. net.)—This is a story of modern life in Rome, in which the heroine consoles herself for the death of a lover by founding a School of Arts and Crafts. She is a gifted young lady, and endowed with such charms that a Russian prince falls a victim to "the suave rounded lines of her figure" which "he noted with masculine approval." On one occasion she goes to Paris, and her return journey is enlivened by the attention of Prince Nicholas. They travel in a train which might appropriately be called de luxe, for the heat is not turned on until night, and it is apparently so noiseless that "a light tap on the pane," announcing "a jug of hot water," is sufficient to rouse her next morning from the "sweetest sleep." There is a naivete about this little book which is disarming to the critic, and the young and almost indiscriminate enthusiasm for parties, lovers, art, and journeys is almost pathetic in its sincerity.
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