King Edward and his Court. By T. H. S. Eseott.
(T. Fisher Unwin. 10s.)—This is a good specimen of the kind of books —pleasantly personal and informing, if not specially pro- found—which the author of " England : its People, Policy, and Pursuits" seems to be able to turn out at any moment and almost to any amount. The accession of a new King has given Mr. Eseott an opportunity—of which he has availed himself to the extent of nearly four hundred pages—to tell all he knows and has heard of the Monarch, of his tastes and personal attach- ments, of his entourage, of the diplomatic circle of Colonists who figure in British society, of modern British statesmen and pillars of the Empire, and cognate matters. His book is a really wonderful mélange of fact, gossip, and anecdote, all conveyed in a flowing, easy style, which may be described as in every sense courtly, and which is far from being disagreeable.
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