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garet. This was in the spring of 1572. The Queen of Navarre, with her son and suite, had just arrived, and were received with great pomp and festivity. Charles IXth. was at that time king of France. You will recollect that he was cruel and treacherous, and ruled by his mother, Catharine de Medicis, who was still worse than himself. He was a bigoted Catholic, yet on this occasion, saw fit to treat the Protestant noblemen with particular regard. He was heard continually praising the wisdom of the Count de la Rochefaucault, the manly beauty of de Teligny, and the dignified deportment of the Baron de Rosny, He even addressed Coligny by the title of "Mon Pere," My Father, and took