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By ARVEDE BARINE
The Youth of
La Grande Mademoiselle
1627-1652
Authorized English Version
Octavo. With 25 illustrations from contemporaneous sources. Net, $3.00. (By mail, $3.25.)
"A book that is decidedly interesting and that is well worth reading. The subject and the heroine is enough to make the volume attractive.... The volume is handsomely printed, and the illustrations are representative as well as accurate."—The London Spectator.
"This brilliant biography sparkles and intoxicates with literary vivacity. In connection with the career of the astonishing heroine, the author presents a picture that has hardly been surpassed of Court life and politics in France in the seventeenth century. The illustrations from contemporary prints add greatly to the attractiveness of this fascinating volume."—Chicago Evening Post.
Louis XIV
and
La Grande Mademoiselle
1652-1693
Authorized English Version
Octavo. With 30 illustrations. Net, $3.00. (By mail, $3.25)
(Uniform with "The Youth of La Grande Mademoiselle")
"A new work on La Grande Mademoiselle by Arvède Barine is a promise of delight to all who love wit and wisdom.... It is bewildering to think of the many crowns and coronets that might have rested on the brow of the dramatic heroine, a heroine who appears and disappears in clouds of dust, with regiments of cavalry wheeling and whirling around her to the sound of the trumpets—the stern devotee of reason who dismissed one of her maids because she married for love—the philosopher who debated in her mimic court whether an accepted lover is more unhappy than a rejected lover in the absence of the beloved.... The story of this heroine is told by Barine with that art which conceals art.... It forms a fitting supplement to the equally delightful volume which preceded it describing "The Youth of La Grande Mademoiselle."—London Times.
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Portraits of the Seventeenth Century
By C. A. Sainte-Beuve
Translated by Katharine P. Wormeley
Two Parts. Octavo. With about 30 Illustrations Sold separately. Each, $2.50 net
CONTENTS OF PART ONE
Cardinal Richelieu Duc de Rohan Cardinal Mazarin Duc de la Rochefoucauld Duchesse de Longueville Cardinal de Retz Ninon de l'Enclos Bussy-Rabutin Tallemant des Réaux Abbé de Rancé La Grande Mademoiselle Comtesse de la Fayette Duchesse d'Orléans Louis XIV. Louise de la Valliere
CONTENTS OF PART TWO
History of the French Academy Corneille Mlle. de Scudéry Molière La Fontaine Pascal Mme. de Sévigné Bossuet Boileau Racine Mme. de Caylus Fénelon Comte Antoine Hamilton The Princesse des Ursins
"The translator is a true servant and friend, not the proverbial traducer; none but Miss Wormeley could have been selected for the task, and she has given of her best, her indefatigable, conscientious, intellectual best, which has made her the mistress of a difficult art."—The N. Y. Evening Mail.
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Little French Masterpieces
Representative Tales by the Best French Authors
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ALEXANDER JESSUP
Translations by
GEORGE BURNHAM IVES
With portraits in Photogravure. Issued in a small and attractive form
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I. Prosper Mérimée. Introduction by Grace King.
II. Gustave Flaubert. Introduction by Frank Thomas Marzials.
III. Théophile Gautier. Introduction by Frédéric-César de Sumichrast.
IV. Alphonse Daudet. Introduction by William P. Trent.
V. Guy de Maupassant. Introduction by Arthur Symons.
VI. Honoré de Balzac. Introduction by F. Brunetière.
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Romance of the French Abbeys
Octavo. With 2 Coloured, 9 Photogravure, 50 other Illustrations, and Ornamental Headpieces
"A delightful blending of history, art and romance.... Many of the stories related are thrilling and none the less exciting because they belong to history."—Chicago Dial.
"The book fully carries out the suggestion of Guizot, 'If you are fond of romance, read history.'"—Boston Transcript.
Romance of the Feudal Châteaux
Octavo. With 40 Photogravure and other Illustrations
"The author has retold the legends and traditions which cluster about the châteaux and castles, which have come down from the Middle Ages, with the skillful touch of the artist and the grace of the practiced writer.... The story of France takes on a new light as studied in connection with the architecture of these fortified homes."—Christian Intelligencer.
Romance of the Renaissance Châteaux
Octavo. With 40 Photogravure and other Illustrations
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Romance of the Bourbon Châteaux
Octavo. With Coloured Frontispiece and 47 Photogravure and other Illustrations
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