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200 " '7 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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7.—Germaine. By Edmond About. Paris, 185...
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Foreign Literature.
reckon on buying from the soldiers unused rations and superfluous clothing in such excellent condition " that no respectable disconte German nt of
citizen -would be ashamed to appear in them . ' ! The the hero above mentioned appears to have arisen from sheer ennui , and the desire of change of scene for which the vicinity of the frontier
afforded such tempting facilities . We t to be obliged to take leave of M . Frobel without
adverting regre to various subjects on which he affords us valuable information—but which would unavoidably lead us beyond the narrow
limits we are compelled to assign to our literary notices . We understand however that he proposes to embody in a separate
work the most important results of his observations on the mental
and moral phenomena of the United States .
200 " '7 Notices Of Books.
200 " ' 7 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
7.—Germaine. By Edmond About. Paris, 185...
7 . —Germaine . By Edmond About . Paris , 1858 .
The whole area of modern social life is so constantly and diligently worked in Paris in search of materials for fictionthat an author
, new may be and congratulated interesting , as upon upon the a discovery kind of nugget of a situation in such that exhausted is both tit
cannot " diggins be . " considered Granting certai improbable n conditions , and there of society is as , much he inc skilful dens will admitthat
character painting as the breadth of canvas ; so M . About be considered , already favourabl as fairl y entitle known d to for the his honours former of productions his three , y
editions may . In speaking of a French novel it may not be unnecessary to since circle add , that , it its induces thoug general h a not heart tendency precisel y detestation y cannot adapte of d be for vice regarded read , and ing a aloud cordial as objection in sympath a famil able y y ,
with what is good and pure _. We were inclined to characterize as a Gallicism in morals , the
sake accep of tance a prospective by the heroine benefit of a to marriage her parents her ; heart but on abhors reflection , for the we
find so many virtuous young ladies in English novels who do the same thingthat we can only suppose that our own notions on the
, subject In the are present by no means instance up , too with , most the most readers recent will improvements be inclined . to
record , with respect to Don Diego de Villanera , chivalrous gentleman though he bethe verdict of " served him right . " Besides
everything turns out , charmingly at last , and what can we wish , for more ? We should like , nevertheless , to have the opinion of the
* Lancet' concerning the happy _denouement . * i ...
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1858, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051858/page/56/
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