La faveur du roi: Mignon et courtisans au temps des derniers Valois (vers 1547-vers 1589). Nicolas Le Roux
tacit condoning of the Catholic League's own use of obscenity to undermine royal authority during the reign of Henri III of France led subsequent kings to be suspicious of religious policing of moral matters. This is the beauty of Joan Dejean's book; it raises important issues that can inspire similar inquiry about other aspects of early modern culture. One can only hope that other scholars will take her lead, and continue to investigate the domain of censorship in early modern France. KATHLEEN PERRY LONG Cornell University