It was this that caught her, such is the dexterity of the human intellect bent on proving that which is good to be evil. Joan had been pronounced a heretic, she had confessed to being one, so they declared: now she recanted. The Holy Church could have nothing to do with so monstrous a creature. At last the learned doctors had unimpeachable authority for turning her over to the English, who now had the undeniable right of burning her alive. They lost no time. It was on a Tuesday (May 29) that she was declared a relapsed heretic. It was on the morning of the following day that she died by fire. A rough wooden cross, fashioned, at her request, by a pitying English soldier, was on her breast, the words "Jesus, Jesus" on her lips. On her head was a great fool's cap on which was written _Hérétique, relapse, apostate, idolâtre_. SUPPLEMENTARY READING JEANNE D'ARC--HER LIFE AND DEATH _By Mrs. M. O. Oliphant_ THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC _By D. W. Bartlett_ JOAN OF ARC (Illustrations in color) _By L. M. Boutet de Monvel_ THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC FOR BOYS AND GIRLS _By K. E. Carpenter_ JOAN OF ARC _By Thomas De Quincey_ MAID OF FRANCE _By Andrew Lang_ THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC _By Andrew Lang_ JOAN OF ARC (Heroines that Every Child Should Know series) _Edited by H. W. Mabie_ JEANNE D'ARC _By M. R. Bangs_ JOAN OF ARC _By F. C. Lowell_ JOAN OF ARC Translated from the French of Jules Michelet JEANNE D'ARC _By M. M. Maxwell-Scott_ PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC _By S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain)_ ⁂Information concerning the above books and articles may be had on application to the Editor of The Mentor. THE OPEN LETTER