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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 269

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    are and tlie cleaning great . vats Yonder and wash lie - p tubs iled strewn some scores about , of in baskets various of stages all shapes of mending and

    bare perfect sizes - . footed ones These maidens are are being likewise in scrubbed one undergoing corner and , pumped a a grave strict , upon white inspection b - y haired a group ,, and peasant while of merry , s the its , in another

    industriously repairing the ragged rims and broken handles _. slouching All the workers straw hats are , ca brown squettes -skinned , and ni , j g oyous ht-caps , and ; the noisy women . The , all men manner wear of

    in snowy sabots caps some , and are head shoeless -dresses altogether of bright and twisted some handkerchiefs are natty in . blue Some -worsted clatter stockings , and strong leather _cliaussures , . Moving to and fro to amongst roll the them vats

    laug all , hing keeping with an the attentive girls , and eye preserving upon the order coopers and , hel industry ping as effectually as , a master , I see Claude , handsome Claude , with his brig Pierre ht eye Pichat s , gold ear and

    rings , and jaunty cap—Claude who is uncle to Master , the vintage head wind vine had - veered dresser progressed round to M . favorabl to Delehaye the west y and and , and was M the . approaching Alexandre weather . changed its * comp * . letion * It * became when The

    . atmosp oppressivel here y , and warm the and barometer cloudy threatened . A stagnant us with moisture storms . wei All ghed day down long the the rai gatherers kept toiled off for with for redoubled ty-eiht hours activity longer , but , M toil Alexandre as they mig must ht , un lose less the the

    grew produce n denser of two , and of the his heat most more g valuable stifling vineyards . Low , anxious . . Towards moanings dusk were the drifted clouds airand ht before the

    last by every waggon now was and unloaded then upon in the the court languid -yard . ; * * nig * * came It was on very dull

    in the salonand I had found a volume of Crebillon on an upper shelf of the ni book ght -case lamp , in , and my settled bedroom down ; to so an I hour slipped of that quiet away it reading after ht not . dinner The travel storm , lit in had my

    direction not yet come at all . up , It and was I so began hot that to I hope sat with door mig and window wide open our ; and so still that the tender tongue of name within flew the and globe it of ten my clock lamp

    before never wavered I was aware for an of instant it . Suddenl . Thus the and time without , any kind was of warning o ' , like blowing the tornado the curtains of the in trop and ics , a fiercel rush y , of fluttering wind poured the through the of my casement book . ,

    Another seemed to moment fill all the , and room a , — blaz lit e up of for vivid one y brief light moment burst over every pages the tree landscape and shrub — , deafening and stripped the losion darkness of thunder from just the mountains above the house round— and was succeeded overtaken b b y y a a

    exp , scene strange was and fearful awful . calm The , flashes without succeeded a sound each or an other echo . at interval * * * s of * about The and twenty round or thirty the horizon seconds , sometimes sometimes _bursting running forth in long in all quivering directions lines as if round from

    ; , and a fiery bounding ball hig along h in the the heavens valley and ; ~ sometimes up the mountain spring Simultaneousl ing side upwards with with a terrible from the hissing flash earth _,

    energy crackling the , such discharges in as sharp I had and of never thunder sudden seen exp Now before losions and . like then the during opening y the brief of every a lulls battery we , ,

    the heard came fall the of snorting trees torn of the b horses the . in hurricane the stables and , the the whining rushing of of the the hounds water- , up y

    and courses uncle along Alexander the steep walked and in stony . He road looked . , * pale * , * and * stern The , door and opened weary , , had been in the river

    and his hair and clothes were as wet as if he . Marguerite ' Sister-in-law flew , ' to said bring he with it " and a shiver chorus , ' g of ive questions me some burst brand from y !' li .

    , a every p ' ' Ciel What ! ' damage how wet to you the are vines ! ' cried V asked Madame M . Hamel , ' wher , with e have a quick you been appreciation P *

    of the truth .

    Notices Of Books. 269

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 269

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1858, page 269, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061858/page/53/