4 AUGUST 1888, Page 25

Duchess Renee. By Saroon C. J. Ingham. (Wesleyan Methodist Sunday-School

Union.)—This episode of the Reformation deals with the life and character of Renee, Duchess of Ferrara, the unhappy daughter of Louis XII. of France. Those were indeed unhappy times for well-meaning daughters of Kings brought up under the eye of Louise of Savoy and other like-minded artful people. Mr. Ingham's story of Renee fails to touch us. As a historical sketch of a noble and suffering woman it is well wrought out, but none of the incidents move the heart. 'Tis a pity, for

much care has evidently been taken, but true.