A Conspiracy under the Terror. By Paul Gaulot. Translated by
Charles Laroche, MA. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)-M. Paul Gaulot's account of a conspiracy to save the Royal family of France, made by Toulan and the Chevalier de Jarjayes, is an authentic and valuable piece of history. The plot was excellently thought out, and but for the folly of an accomplice, one Lepitre, and the hesitancy of Marie Antoinette, it might have succeeded. The Queen and Madame Elizabeth were to escape from the Temple disguised in the dress of municipal officials. The Princess° Marie Therese was to personate the child of a lamplighter, whose function was usurped for the day by one of the conspirators; while the young King was to be smuggled out in a basket. Once out of the Temple, the Queen and her children were to drive to Havre, and thence cross to England and safety. As we have said, the pleb failed, and while Toulo.n died on the scaffold, the Chevalier de Jarjayes lived to see the Monarchy restored to France. It is a strange story, admirably told, and, though we think such books as this are best read in French, the translation is efficiently performed.
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