8 NOVEMBER 1902, Page 25

The Beaufoy Romances. By Hamilton Drummond. (Ward, Lock, and Co.

6s.)—These " romances " are excellent reading. "Raimond de Beaufoy, hereditary suzerain of the fief of that name," is a Frenchman, but the reader thinks of him as the aboriginal English squire living in the fifteenth century. The fact that he is French saves the author from the tiresome necessity of trying to give an historical flavour to his English. Raimond's adventures are such as all boys dream of. He rides about, and makes love, and distributes rough justice. He is mixed up in the affairs of Kings and peasants, and is the central figure in heroic scenes which take place in castles, cottages, and convents. We strongly recommend these fresh and delightful stories to all those who want to buy "something to give to a boy."