thought seditious because it eulogized the Young Chevalier,
hinting how advantageous it would be to have him on the throne. As the
secret journey progresses, the Prince has a chance to expose his
admirable political tenets in conversation with a nobleman of exalted
rank; in rescuing a young woman from a fire, caring for her in distress,
and refusing to take advantage of her passion for him, he gives evidence
of a morality not accorded him by history and proves "how fit he is to
govern others, who knows so well how to govern himself"; and when
assaulted by hired assassins, he manifests courage and coolness, killing
one of the bravos with his own hand. It is unnecessary to review the
various stages in the Pretender's travels, which are related with a
great air of mystery, but amount to nothing. The upshot is that the
Prince has not renounced all thoughts of filling the throne of his
ancestors, but has ends in view which the world knows nothing of and
which will surprise them all some day. Had the Prince shown himself more
susceptible to the charms of the merchants' daughters who fell in his
way, this bit of romancing might claim the doubtful distinction of being
Mrs. Haywood's only original secret history, but as it stands, no part
of the story has the necessary motivation by passion. The intrigue is
entirely political.

There would seem to be little dangerous stuff in this performance even
five years after the insurrection of 1745, but if as the "Monthly
Review" ill-naturedly hints, Eliza Haywood really suffered for her
supposed connection with it, the lesson was at any rate effectual, for
the small references to the P---- occasionally noticeable in her
previous works suddenly ceased, and thereafter the novelist scrupulously
refrained from mingling fiction and politics. Previously, however, she
had at least once attempted to write a political satire elaborately
disguised as a romance. In July, 1736, according to the list of books in
the "Gentleman's Magazine," numerous duodecimo volumes emanated from the
shop of S. Baker and were sold under the title of "Adventures of Eovaai,
Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great
Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen,
to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men ...
Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little
understood.) First translated into Chinese ... and now retransla