His Indolence Of Arras. By W. J. Eccott. (w. Blackwood
and Sons. 6s.)—This novel deals entirely with Court intrigues in the days of Louis XIV. The scene moves from the provinces to Paris, but the motives which actuate the characters......
• A Lonely Fight. By Alice M. Diehl. (hurst And
Blackett. 68.) —The long arm of coincidence is very long indeed in this book. The . author, however, probably intends her readers to understand that the astonishing old lady of......
C Urrent Liter At Ure.
'ART-BOOKS. The Royal Collection of Paintings. 180 Photogravures, with Descriptions by Lionel Cust. (W. Heinemann. 20 guineas.)— The first portfolio, dealing with the pictures......
"la. Reine Malheureuse."*
Miss TAYLOR'S already considerable literary reputation will be much increased by this very able and admirably illus- trated book. Here we see all the historical knowledge that......
Novels.
THE LADY NOGGS, PEERESS.* IT would be interesting to trace the development of the atti- tude of novelists towards children within the last twenty years or so. Roughly speaking,......
The Princess And The Kitchen Maid. By Dorothea Deakin....
and Windns. 3s. 6d.)—It may be doubted whether it is really possible that any woman should be born with such a genius for domesticity as Maud, the heroine of this book. But the......
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