David Carnegie Andrew Agnew, Protestant Exiles from France… (1886)
“ The son pretends to have compiled the diary, which he produces entirely out of a sense of filial duty; but upon receiving paternal commendations, he confesses, “I invented the whole myself.” This avowal is true; but as the author was a posthumous son, the very preamble is only a jeu d’ esprit. The book which is written with combined vigour and grace consists of 104 miscellaneous sections; it was highly praised by Lockhart. Mr. Fonnereau’s fortune was made by his ancestors in the linen trade ”
