4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 10

The Princess of the Revels. - By L. T. Meade. (W.

and R. Chambers. 3s. 6d.)—Faith King, daughter of a clergyman, loses her =ether, and having no one to look after her is sent away by

her father to be educated with her cousins, daughters of her mother's sister. One can imagine difficulties which would arise out of this situation, jealousy, of course, being among them, for jealousy, if one may venture on so large a statement, is more common among women than among men. All this gives Mrs.

Meade a subject after her own heart. We cannot but think that sometimes her characters scheme too elaborately. Still, she tells a story very well; the dialogue is bright; and the moral is un- exceptionable.