3 DECEMBER 1910, Page 67

In the Days of the Gironde. By Thekla. (R.T.S. 2s.)—The

author warns us that the personages of her story are fictitious. The fiction, however, strikes us as somewhat too bold. This is a story of the French Revolution ; the heroine is a daughter of Lafayette, and she becomes a Protestant That seems to pass the limits of a novelist's rights. There are some vigorously drawn scenes in the book; and some of the personages of the time are adequately presented.