5 DECEMBER 1896, Page 10

The Laird's Legacy. By Mary H. Debenham. (National Society.) —The

story is told, alternately by the nurse and her husband, of the fortunes of the laird's child, which he places in her hands on the eve of his exile to the Court of St. Germaine. The scene is mostly laid in France, whither the child is taken to rejoin its parents, and we are introduced to the Archbishop Fenelon, and the Duke of Burgundy, and are brought into contact with the society of the Scottish exiles in France. All this is interesting, and there is plenty of incident to help the narrative. The young laird himself is a typical Scot of the chivalrous kind, and he and his sister make a most romantic pair. This is a readable story, not too long, and sure to please girls.