6 MAY 1899, Page 24

The Good Queen Charlotte. By Percy Fitzgerald. (Downey and Co.

10s. 6d.)--Mr. Fitzgerald does not believe, it is clear, in Lord Byron's famous description of the Queen. "Bad he contradicts by the title of his volume, and, in respect of "ugly," he quotes the opinion of Mrs. Papendieck, "She was certainly not a beauty, but her countenance was expressive and intelligent." On the other hand, he does not attempt to dissemble her faults. In the matter of her husband's derangement her situation was deeply trying, but a woman of greater courage might have managed it better. She was afraid of him. The volume is full of interesting detail, and, on the whole, does justice to the characters of the multitude of people who are introduced into its pages.