The Chateau de Louard. By H. C. Coape. (Religious Tract
Society.)—It is easy to know what to expect from "a story of France at the period of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes." An old Huguenot noble is the chief character of the story, and his death under the hands of the persecutors its most striking scene. The heroine is his grand-daughter, imprisoned in a convent by a lettre de cachet. She escapes with one of the nuns, whom she converts to Pro- testantism, and lives happily with her husband for the rest of her life in Switzerland. The sagacity of her grandfather's advisers has led them to suggest that he should sell his estates, and this is happily done in such good time that the sale cannot be invalidated. So on all points the Roman party is baffled, a result which will certainly com- mend itself to the sympathies of most readers. This is a brisk, well. written story. The old retainer, Pasdeloup, the intriguer, d'Herapine, are excellent minor characters. No one will find The Chateau de Louard dull, even though it is somewhat longer than it might be.
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