22 APRIL 1893, Page 26

CURRENT LITERATURE.

The Child Countess. By Mrs. William Maude. (IL Washbourne.) —This story is meant to commend tho cause of the so-called Catholic martyrs of the days of the early Stuarts to the favourable consideration of English readers. No one can blame the attempt. There are stories enough on the other side. And it is quite possible that some of the heroes and heroines of Pro- testant romances have as questionable a title to the name of martyr as those who suffered for their belief that the Pope could absolve the subjects of heretical Princes from their allegiance,— for this was really the root of the matter.