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Rh his name is always associated. And he married a French princess, with the promise that France should be his after the French king's death. But Henry soon died, and so that was ended.

He was, so contemporary chronicles tell us, a handsome, vigorous man, with ruddy complexion and gentle, brown eyes, eyes capable of flaring into flame on occasion, however. He loved all manly exercises, and excelled in them, report saying that he was so fleet of foot as to be able to run down and capture a stag in the open.



There are several good storics about this gallant young king. One of these is by G. P. R. James, beginning with Henry's coronation and ending with the triumph of, by which name the book is called. It is a true romance, and is deeply colored with the atmosphere of its period. You get the pageants and feasts, the gay adventurous spirit, the danger and sudden death, the sharp contrasts between the different ranks of society. The study of Henry is interesting, and altogether the book, which is not a long one, gives a lively effect of English life in the early years of the fifteenth century.

Henty has another book that deals with this same time, “,” where a boy of the period goes through a serics of thrilling adventures. And it is here that Miss Yonge’s “” belongs.

One of the most exciting stories that have to do with this king and his England is 's “When Spurs Were Gold.” It can often be found in the circulating libraries, but otherwise it is hard to get, which is a pity, for it is very good.

It was under that the  began, He was a young boy when he began to reign, and the barons tussled fiercely to control him and his kingdom. Now one faction and now another led, until England was torn to shreds. The French lands won by preceding kings were lost, and other misfortunes befell.