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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 133
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The Mrs Duchess . Austin. of With Orlean...
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dentist in Londonthe rival of Demergue , hoped see me suc-, cessor— ' But I had tasted blood /
and I could not return to ignoble pursuits . The applause on the night of my " debu The t admirers decided my of for French tunes . plays were in London not to be bullied out for of French their
theatricals eocluehon amusement . of ; I al every l was the asked fashionable fashionable to become salon dowager the s entrepreneur at the was head , opened and of whom I became was the the
Paris Countess and of entered Cork . steadil After y a on season the profession of this amateur , , and enjin performance me _voici I !" started for
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which hope we heartily coincide .
Notices Of Books. 133
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 133
The Mrs Duchess . Austin. Of With Orlean...
The Mrs Duchess . Austin . of With Orleans a . Preface A Memoir by the . Translator Translated . from "W . Jeffs the , Burlington French by
Arcade . " I have been induced attachment , " says Mrs to . Austin the illustrious , " to translate lad this of whose book
life solel and y by character my devoted it is a faithful record ; " while the author y of the book itself writes— " We need no longer fear to express the
admiration withwhich a creature so rare inspired all who approached herand no , one can attribute what may be said of her to any other
sentiment , than that of a genuine and heartfelt _attachment . " and These touching two passages iece of personal furnish , the history key-note which to the will memoir still further , a charming endear
to our hearts p the noble woman whose , tragic fate , acted in part beneath How _, our Helen eyes , of long MecHenburg ago enlisted h-Schwerin our warm passed and sincere her childhood sympathies in . of her
the widowed eminentl retirement Grand y step distinguished Duchess and -mother stud took y , beneath earl her her y for in evincing after the the first - loving life the time , till qualities , superintendence to in the the Court spring which of Weimar of so 1827 pre- , ,
where she won the hearts of all who came into contact with her ; how , ducated Protestantsheon May 30 th 1880 , received the rite
of e confirmation as a in the parish , , church of Ludwi , gslust , " the inhabitants of the Communewho had known her since her birth , and
loved her dearly , attendi , ng the ceremony and joining their fervent
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/61/
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