4 NOVEMBER 1899, Page 10

In the Year of Waterloo. By 0. V. Caine. (Nisbet

and Co.) —Mr. Caine works the Napoleon vein to good purpose. This story of 1815, with its scenes at Elba, and during the progress of Napoleon from the place of landing to Paris. as a succession of picturesque events—is decidedly good. The chapter entitled " At Grenoble "—Napoleon's own Baying : " As far as Grenoble I was an adventurer," explains the importance of the place—is especially good. Various famous figures cross the stage, and Mr. Caine knows how to manage them with dignity and ease. The illustrator, too, has well seconded his efforts. The story, of course, winds up with Waterloo, but the writer has wisely con- tracted his narrative of that well-known battle.