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l a* German : garden and a few other necessary im- 

 pedimenta thrown in. Her garden experiences are 

 not illuminating, and may be dismissed in a few 

 words, for there is little of a horticultural nature 

 to be learnt from Elizabeth. To be sure we hear 

 much of sweet peas, rockets, roses bought by the 

 hundred, hollyhocks, pansies, and other subjects. 

 But never a word does she tell us of their culture, 

 and for aught that we can learn from her we might 

 treat all these things alike, and suffer accordingly. 

 Elizabeth would never check us in our foolish- 

 ness, though she would make many a jest at it, for 

 nothing is sacred from her ribaldry. 



Elizabeth is distinctly a minx. I thought the 

 character was extinct, for it disappeared from our 

 literature quite suddenly about the time that the 

 purpose-novel came into vogue. There was not 

 room enough in fiction for both types of heroine. 

 But the minx was not extinct ; she was merely 

 suffering from boredom, and had gone into retire- 

 ment for a time, to re-emerge brilliantly from the 

 recesses of a German garden. And the absolute 

 certainty that there are April, May, and June 

 minxes being brought up to follow in her chartered 

 footsteps may relieve us from any fear that the type 

 will be lost again. 



Elizabeth is English to the backbone, despite her 

 artful attempts to persuade us otherwise. She is 

 amusing in describing her adopted compatriots, and 

 enjoys many a laugh at their expense. She is 

 certain that Dr. Grill must be a German rose, 

 because the more attention you pay him the ruder 

 will he be to you, or, in other words, the less will he 



