10 APRIL 1926, Page 17

Romantic Prance, by Miss .Elsner (Jenkins. 10s. 6d.), tells us

of Avignon, with its Popes 'and Anti-Popes, the Courts of

Love of the' troubadours; -Queen Jeanne, King Rene, and a hundred other delightful_ scenes and characters: •. This is a

fascinating book. The thirty-one rules of love by which the

troubadours agreed to abide .are given in full : quote' One; "A person who cannot keep, a secret .Can never be a lover." •

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