No more poignant account of the romance of Louise de la Vallière has ever been written than this by Claude Ferval, the well-known French romantic writer. In its always interesting setting of the gay, intriguing court at Fontainebleau, it tells in delightful, sympathetic language the story of the first mistress of Louis XIV. It is at once a vivid historical study and a passionate romance.
IMPERIAL AMERICA
By J. M. Kennedy, Author of "Tory Democracy," etc.
Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, illustrated, 12/6 net.
Thoughtfully and lucidly, Mr. J. M. Kennedy, who is a well-known authority on international affairs, describes the "imperialistic" attitude of the United States in their relation to the European Powers and especially to Great Britain. The history of the States is traced in this light, the objects of the Monroe Doctrine are explained, and a description is given of the working of the U.S.A. home politics. The book is essentially up-to-date in its assignment of the place of the United States in European controversies.
IRELAND: Vital Hour.
By Arthur Lynch, M.P., Author of "Modern Authors: A Review and Forecast," "Approaches: The Poor Scholar's Quest of a Mecca," "Our Poets," "Human Documents," "Prince Azreel," "Psychology: A New System," "Purpose and Evolution," "Sonnets of the Banner and the Star," etc., etc.
In Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 10/6 net.
Here, at length, is a fearless and illuminating book, written with inside knowledge of Irish politics. The author has had opportunity given to few of possessing essential knowledge of Irish organisations. He writes, however, less as an historian than as an engineer. He has entered upon the work in that rare spirit of patriotism which seeks the weaknesses and the strength of the materials of which the Irish nation of the future must be built. He tests the materials remorselessly, cutting down beneath surface-show till he finds sound substance.