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Dr. Lamond is a frank believer in the supernatural, and

in his Joan of Arc and England (Rider 10s. 6d.) he asserts that in the. Maid's sixty-foot leap from the tower of Beaurevoir she was upheld by mysterious forces, and that St. Michael planned her manoeuvres before Orleans and St. Catherine her speeches at the trial. We can neither affirm nor deny her Voices. But if ever miracles were wrought, then her life_ is miraculous, and its incidents, whether represented in print or on the stage, quicken us with pity and love and a wholesome humility for our ancestors' errors. Dr. Lamond has written a good book, although a curious one. Its slight inconsequenees, however, are well atoned for by the stark sincerity and sympathy of

the writer. * * * •*