Two volumes in which the life of bygone days is
realised, with more or less success, may be mentioned together. These are After Sedgemoor, by Edgar Pickering (Hutchinson), and The Lord of Lowedale, by R. D. Chetwode (Jerrold and Sons.) In After Bedgemoor the story is taken up after the fate of Monmouth's rising is settled, and carried on to the flight of James II. from England. Mr. Edgar Pickering has already proved himself a skilful teller of tales, and he will hardly fail to please his readers with what he now gives them. There are adventures by sea and land—Mr. Pickering is in his element when he is at sea—and with the recognised characters of hero, faithful servant, villain, and so forth, there is no want of interest. The sub-title of The Lord of Lowedale is " A Chronicle of the Sixteenth Century," and relates to the latter half of Queen Elizabeth's reign. French history and English are mingled in it; indeed, we are taken beyond the boundaries of both countries, and made to assist as spectatcrs at the unfamiliar spectacle of the election of a King of Poland.
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