10 FEBRUARY 1906, Page 27

Yolanda, Maid of Burgundy. By Charles Major. (Macmillan and Co.

6s.)—Those readers who are fond of historical romance will find Yolanda decidedly above the average. Although the mystery of Yolanda's identity is from the first transparent to the reader, yet Mr. Major contrives so to puzzle the hero of the story while letting the audience have a glimpse behind the scenes that the interest of the book is kept up throughout. There is a flavour of romance about the whole story, and the picturesque miss-en-scene, while contributing its quota to the interest, is not insisted upon to the point at which it wearies the reader. Yolanda may certainly be recommended to those readers who like historical novels, and who also think all books not written within the last five years hopelessly old-fashioned.