Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

American Geographical society The
lands early history, its flora and fauna,
mines and minerals, social and political
features and conditions are fully set
forth in Mr.. North's carefully written
and authoritative work, which has
particular value for residents OF thlS
state.
The Mother of California. By Arthur
Walbridge North. San Francisco: Paul
Elder & Co.
AS "a human document" the Countess
Montignoso, separated consort OF the
king of Saxony, has in the past few
years been an interesting psychological
study A book written by Ida Kremer
giving in diary form her experience as
governess for a few months in the
Italian home of the eccentric Austrian
lady whom the Saxony king put away,
will hold readers in some such way as
the photographed revelations OF
Marie Bashkirtseff held them a few
years ago. The countess resembles
Marie as the latter might have grown
up to be- Conventionality and the
trammels of so-called reSpectab1l1ty
were hateful to both. Perhaps both
coul,. better be called immoral than i'm
moral Miss Kremers office was TO be
that of taking away from its mother
the young Princess Anna Monica Pia.
six months were granted for acquafnt-
ance before the separation. But the
goVerness Wearied of the commission
and gave up the attempt. THE Strug-
gle for a Royal Child" was really Tor
the diarlst an experience in learning
the strange and in some ways fascinat-
ing character of the mother. Unless
duly attested in real life. such char
acter would be set down as fictitious.
The Struggle of a Royal Child. BY
Ida Kremer. New York: Mitchell Kin
erley.
The Mary of the story ''In Marys
Reign" is not Queen Mary of Scotland
but Queen Mary of England, the sue
cessor of Henry VIII. The heroine of
the story is Lady Ursula Glynde, lady
in waiting to the queen. The Lady Ur-
sula's father has arranged with the
father of the duke of WesseX that the
two shall marry when they become or
maraiageable age. There is contest
for the hand of Queen Mary, and an
ambassador from Philip II, king Of
Spain, Don Miguel Marquis de Suarez,
in London to urge the suit of his mas
ter for the queens hand. Another fac
ton wishes the queen to marry the duke
of WesseX. There is a gypsy girl, Mir
rab, who is the physical double OF Lazy
Ursula, and who is mistaken tor the
lady by the duke of WesseX. rms duke
had rescued the gypsy, Mirrab, from
gang of toughs who were worrying her
in the streets of London, and this gypsy
girl has fallen deeply in love with the
duke, who, however, has forgotten her.
But she forces her way into a social
function at Hampton, and, getting into
a quarrel with the Spanish employe,
stabs him in the side. The duke, think
ing all the time that she is Lady Ursu-
la, takes upon himself the blame for
the stabbing, and is willing to endure
anything for Ursula's sake. All con-
cerned are very much incensed at the
duke, and the queen is especially hard
upon him because of the supposed suit
that he has been making to her while,
in fact, he had in mind all the time the
contract that bound him to marry Lady
Ursula. But as he has not seen Ursula
much and was little acquainted with
her personal appearance, the mistake
of taking the gypsy girl for her was
easy The duke was made to pass
through some bitter experiences. But
the gypsy Mirrab, makes her confes