This book is only a by-work of the mighty chronicler of the history of France, the pastille of a period of comparative leisure & relaxation in a busy life spent at Toulon, the scene of some of the most thrilling of the events recorded - the pieties & ecstasies, the temptations & sufferings of poor Charlotte Cadiere & the villainies of her seducer, the vile hypocrite, Father Girard. But it is none the less delightful for that reason; in fact, it seems to reflect the author's brilliant personality, to express his intimate thoughts & personal views & predilections more vividly than longer & more labored treatises can do.