The Ambassador's Adrenture. By Allen Upward. (Cassell and Co. Bs.)
-Mr. Upward adopts Professor Lombroso's theory that Anarchists are madmen, and this book seems to point to the conclusion that if they have the cunning of lunacy, they also have its limitations. The story is told by a French Ambassador to a young Englishman, and the interest of plots and counter- plots is well maintained. To begin with, there is a secret society composed of the Pretenders to most of the thrones of Europe. These generous Princes spend their lives in secretly protecting the usurpers of their crowns from the Anarchists. It is known that the little King of Navarre is in danger from the " mattoids," and the Princes resolve to save him. The secret workings of these two sets of desperate men make an exciting book. If there is any truth in the Queen-Regent's sad and romantic story, we cannot help thinking that Mr. Upward's veil of disguise is too thin; but perhaps the whole thing is imaginary after all.
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