Memoirs of Mademoiselle des Echerolles. (John Lane. 5s. net.) —This
is a new edition of an interesting book, a genuine contem- porary record of the French Revolution, as it was seen at work by an obscure sufferer. The period which it covers is the seven years 1792-1799. Mlle. des Echerolles was eleven when she began to record, or at least notice, her experiences; she ends her story with accepting the post of governess to the daughters of the Duchess Louis of Wurtemberg. She survived to the year 1850. Not the least curious part of her autobiography is her self- reproach for a summary rejection of a proposal of marriage. She had never seen the suitor, but he " belonged to a very respectable family of the higher bourgeoisie," and " he would have done much for my father." There is something delightfully naif about this.
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