26 NOVEMBER 1910, Page 26

A Demoiselle of Prance. By W. J. Ecoott (W. Blackwood

and Sons. 6s.)—This story is told in the first person by the Abbe de Richelieu. In view of the adventure in the very first chapter, it is a relief to hear that he has not yet taken Canonical vows. The novel, which concerns the earlier part of the reign of Louis XIV., is exciting, and the pictures of contemporary manners are drawn in great detail. like plays a great part in the book, and unhappily for himself marries the bad woman of the piece in the end. The hero also marries in the last chapter, and the reader hears no more of his Canonical vows.