Anisvee : or, the Warrior queen. By Lady Florence Dixie.
(Henry and Co.)—This is a sequel to "The Young Castaways." Our readers may remember that the South American Indians are re- presented in that tale as having outstripped the rest of mankind in their respect to "women's rights." Accordingly, we find them putting the infant daughter of their Cacique on the throne—if they have that kind of "property "—under the regency of her mother. A regency is an idea of civilisation, another proof of the docility of this wonderful people. We doubt, however, whether it is an idea quite suited to a state of society in which the ruler
must justify his superiority by being stronger, or at least wiser, than his people. That, of course, a Queen may be; Lady Florence would say, probably, would be. The story is lively, and decidedly readable, a novel feature being the "Trances," a race of men, if they are men, covered with hair.
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