The Ark of the Curse. By K. L. Montgomery. (Hurst
and Blackett. 6s.)—The author of "Major Weir" will always com- mand attention for her historical romances. In the present book she gives an interesting picture of that strange race, the Cagots of France. It seems difficult to believe in the tacit persecution of this harmless people, though, unfortunately, as we know from authentic records, it is only too truly depicted. Amidst a series of vivid pictures of life in the days of Henry of Navarre, the most noteworthy is the scene in which the " Cagot " mothers take their babies to be bathed in the river on the day of the Feast of the Visitation. But, indeed, the whole book is full of romantic incidents, and those readers who like to live for a few hours in the France of old days cannot do better than procure this romance. They may be certain that once they have begun to read it, they will not atop till they have turned the last page.
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