The Slaves of the Padishah. By Maurus J6kai. Translated from
the Sixth Hungarian Edition by R. Nisbet Bain. (Jerrold and Sons. 6s.)—This is a sequel to the story of "The Wild Carpathians," and tells the fortunes of the last Prince of Transyl- vania, his wife, and his chief Minister, Michael Teleki. It is not an easy book to follow, so crowded is it with characters and incident. 36kai was wont to give his portions of romance in no stinted measure. Bat "not easy to follow" does not mean "not easy to read." That certainly cannot be said of a tale so vivid in colour, in which the personages are so brilliant, the incidents so full of excitement. What could be finer than the story of how Azrael restored to liberty the Princess Mariska at the cost of her own life? As for the general narrative, which never departs far, we take it, from history, it is not by any means obsolete. What- ever we may be told of Mahommedan toleration, it is well to see what the Head of Islam was When he was master of the situation, and would be again, if he had the chance.
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