17 NOVEMBER 1894, Page 37

Blessed are the Poor. By Francois Copplie. Translated from the

French by Winifred Heaton. (W. Heinemann.)—We have here two short stories in which M. Coppae insinuates, with all the grate that a skilful French pen can command, an admirable moral. In the first a worthy abbe, commissioned to make restitu- tion to certain persons whom a swindler, now repentant, has wronged, sees how various people are affected by a sudden accession of wealth. In the second, a young man wins a great lottery prize, and, but for the inspiration of a happy thought, is in the greatest peril of being ruined by it. Both are charmingly told, and fully deserve all the commendation which is bestowed on them in Mr. T. P. O'Connor's introduction.