Twentieth-Century Francs. By AL Betham•Edwards. (Chapman and Hall. 10e. Gd.
not.)—Miss Bethstn-Edwarda, who has done so much to reveal France to her countrymen and who helped to prepare the way for the " Entente," has collected in this volume a number of papers on literary and social topics. We like her essay ens Tho Frenchwoman," whose thrif t and taste elle justly eulogizea. Another interesting essay concerns the peasant, though WO find it hard to believe that, " whether he be rich or poor, Jaegnem Bonhomme delights in nothing so much as in paying his taxes," despite Mies Botham-Edwarda'a ingenious arguments. We may note her remark that, though she Ines been made welcome in many French homes during her ling life, she has only once met a German visitor ; and the exceptional case was that of a young governess conneet,1 by marriage with the hostess.
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