The Fishguard Invasion ; or, Three Days in 1797. (T.
Fisher Unwin.)—Some of the circumstances of the Fishguard Invasion are given in a, carefully-puttogother introduction. The invasion was a scheme of Hoche, though Carnet was the originator of the idea. Hoche's instructions to Tate, the American officer who was in command, do not contain, it may be noticed, the atrocious in- structions which we find in the original projet of Carnot• : " Il no font point faire quartier aux prisonniers." The motto was to be, " Destruction to the chAteau, safety for the cottage." It was hoped that the peasantry would rise. They were supposed to be as hungry as the French peasants under the old rdgime ; and hunger, it was urged, caused discontent. It did produce it, but with the invaders, who devoured everything that they could find. The story is told with liveliness, and there is an excellent "sequel," in which two Welsh girls aid the escape of their French lovers from prison.
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