The Warrior Medici. By Catherine Mary Phillimore. (London Literary Society.)—By
the "Warrior Medici" is meant Giovanni, called " della Bande Nero." He was the son of Caterina Sforza, by her second husband, Giovanni de' Medici, a member of the younger branch of the great Florentine house. He was born in 1498. On the accession of his kinsman, the Cardinal Giovanni, to the Popedom in 1513, the young Giovanni found employment as a soldier. At the age of nineteen, he married his admirable wife, Maria del Salviati. In 1521 his patron died, and the young soldier was summoned to Florence. His career came to an early close in 1525, when he was mortally wounded by a cannon-shot at Governolo. His brilliant career is depicted with much spirit by Miss Phillimore. If she had given us a pedigree of the Medicis, and had been more liberal with her dates (every page should have its date), her readers would have appreciated her labours more fully.
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