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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 419
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... Maitre Jpierre. Par Edmond About. A ...
_growth , depending as they do entirely on the smaller spreading fr fibrous uit trees roots cut . " off All the this tap is root by no and means lant new to but us ; to we the take Parisians up our ,
M . Alb out , gives it all with due , solemnity rep as ; a wonderful discovery . Wellthe success of Maitre Pierre ' s draining entices others , and he
their actuall , common y gets land the , communau drain and U _j > of lant his the village rest , make to sell a road a portion canal mairie to of off the waterdiartesian wellsbuild a churcha new
schools bustible same carry time , ;) a new of and course suburb so , Bulos each g , all of proprietor which pine wood used , drains to ( chemicall be the his y worst own rendered , p p lot lace incom at in the all , -
; , the shi And ps Landes to now imitate , becomes Maitre the examp Pierre rich , populous ' le s grand thus set , object and : it health is is , to ho y get w . ever the , very other up town -hill
work to persuade them to sell any part of the commons . Then the from shep at breaking herds year ' s mutiny end up land to , year till for th ' s two ey end are francs for shown fort a y day how crowns than much . to Then bett go about er they defrichons it is on to all - stilts w turn ork /
enthusiasticmarch about the village singing "Defriclions , _' * sending to some popular Mai , tre Pierre revolutionary up to the air Assembl , and his ( fellow as y as it is ouvrier the year agric 1848 who ole . ) are After ling for
nearest this , Ms to chief the line difficult of land y - is locked from pools which -villagers stretch , between , y the sandhills of the coast and the low country inlandare naturally
- , afraid that to throw all the water of the department into these pools will raise the water level and half-drown their township . The scene
much in which they , the will hero gain argues by a them canal out which of this shall belief carry , and off strai the shows ht surface how into
water into the Bassin d'Arcaclion , whence it will go g who the sea ere , is growing a masterp tired iece of of Maitre dramatic Pierre painting and : wanted the greed him y to pay be sans off , "
on his w travels to Picardy or elsewhere , , prick up their ears when they hear _^ so that that the roun level d of each the there pools will will be be actuall a belt y of lowered fine marsh a yard - or mor
nei pasture hborhood , , while will by be the dried same and main good drain corn all will the grow marshes where in now the nothing g can be got but eels and rushes . They all want to take
sharesthe thing is started at once . But it is not all couleur cle rose this drainage , : it is enough to get rid of all the water which
easy can be taken down into the Bassin d'Arcachon or any of the pools which communicate with the sea ; but there are other pools further the level
north cut off entirely l > y sand-hills and considerably below of the Grironde , which seems the natural outlet for them . These are
to be drained by a canal with tidal sluices and other contrivances . Maitre wants time Pierre and tells us quite : his clearl peasant y how subjects it is all mov to be e slowl done y ; thoug but he h _,
money , lie is called " King of the Landes , " and he is unwilling to make a coup About
d ' etat and call in Government if he can help it , so he hopes M .
Notices Of Books. 419
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 419
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1862, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021862/page/59/
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