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( CI !ARLES I IN CAPTIVITY. Edited from Contemporary c eounts by

Gertrude S. Stevenson. (Arrowsmith. 15s.)-

tarian Colonel Cooke's account of the seizure and transfer urst Castle, carried out by the Army against Cooke's will. bed concludes the tale, in which are included the official rt of the trial and the King's speech on the scaffold. Read he story is not easy reading ; but it has the impress and tr of reality.