Two Gallant Rebels. By Edgar Pickering. (Blackie and Son.) —This
is as good as any tale we have had from Edgar Pickering, and the adventures of Claude Oglander and Rupert retain a vivid interest to the last page. They follow the fortunes of the Vendeans, under the leadership of De la Rochejaquelein, through the early stages of the revolt, and then, becoming separated from them at Nantes, escape to England. There is something very attractive about Mr. Pickering's style and his description of Leyden, Rotherham, and the rising in La Vendee, is full of colour and character, and the actors in it are vigorously delineated. We get to know Claude, Ange Chevreur, Jules Brissac, Cazotte, and Captain Sluis intimately before the end of the story. Some of the scenes in the war are brought before our eyes with great vividness—the attacks on Thouars and Fontenay and the Reign of Terror at Nantes—and boys will relish the relation of those dreadful and moving events, which indeed will never lose their fascination for readers of all ages.
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