Church review . er ofthat kingdom. It seems a very signi-ficant fact now, that the Princess losther power by attempting reforms andimprovements in the Spanish life of the Princess was an event-ful and interesting one and Miss Hillsexcellent style and treatment of hersubject makes this book a really valu- s niana will quickly take them all book is certainly a quaint littlevolume and the publishers deservecredit for preparing it so artistically. The Dragoons of La Guerche. ByAmedee Achard. 289 pages, 1:2 mo,New York: Howard, Ainslee & $ This is the fourth volume


Church review . er ofthat kingdom. It seems a very signi-ficant fact now, that the Princess losther power by attempting reforms andimprovements in the Spanish life of the Princess was an event-ful and interesting one and Miss Hillsexcellent style and treatment of hersubject makes this book a really valu- s niana will quickly take them all book is certainly a quaint littlevolume and the publishers deservecredit for preparing it so artistically. The Dragoons of La Guerche. ByAmedee Achard. 289 pages, 1:2 mo,New York: Howard, Ainslee & $ This is the fourth volume issued inthis new and only English translationof Achards French romances. TheDragoons of La Guerche is < Lesequel to The Huguenots Love, re-cently reviewed in these columns. Thepresent book continues the facinatingcareers of the two heroes of the formerstory. They are dashing, fearless andaudacious young fellows and what theyseek for they obtain—in spite of all theobstacles that are placed in their THE PRETENDER, STYLED JACQUFrom The Story of the Princess des Usins inR. H. Russell, New York, Publishers. able addition to the best literature. Through the courtesy of the publish-er we are enabled to reproduce one otthe illustrations from the volume, avery interesting portrait of the youngpretender to the throne of England,Jacques III. The Black Canyon. Not I, and other Stevensoniana. 16 pages, $2 mo. New York: M. F. Mansfield and A. Wessels. There are some stray bits of RobertLouis Stevensons writings printed infac simile of the very rare first, orauthors edition—that is, the editionwriten, illustrated, set up, printed andpublished by the author on a homepress many years ago. As only 450 copies of this fac simileedtion have been printed there is nodoubt but that collectors of Steven- ES III, ROI The Thirty Years War is stillfuther described in this book and his-tory and fancy, fiction and fact are sodexterously interwoven that even themost unimagina


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