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    ?26 The Publishers' Circular jufy r > l8...

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    The ' Memoiren einer arabischen Prinzessin / in two volumesj is announced by Mr .

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    par ennes Or . ' par ^ de - Peyrebrune Labruyere - - ; ( Albert ' Physiolog Millaud ies ) f Parisi , fwith

    -Galantes desi " — gns , b ' y suivi Caran de ^ r d'Ache * Lari " ^ pete ; and Citadin ' Joyeuset , ' par ^ s

    Armand ^ ^ Bi , Silvestre ^ b _ J ^— BB 1 . , illustrated ah BS * A B > ^ B from ^ BH drawings VJ ft by Job .

    Mr . B . Caille Verey has sold his old and prosperous retail business to Mr . J . Wanner ,

    who will henceforth carry on the business under his name . Mr . B . Caille will in future

    devote himself entirely to publishing .

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    ? 26 The Publishers' Circular jufy r l 886

    I ¦ To I ¦ ¦' ¦ T Recent French Literatu...

    i ¦ tO i ¦ ¦ ' ¦ t RECENT FRENCH LITERATUEE .

    ( From a Correspondent ^) ^ Paris : June 1886 .

    Among the publications which , have issued from the French press recentl a y I must aB aal menti aal on , as al ^^^ _ ^ . a *

    volumes deserving ^ of special the * History notice , of the the third Princes and of fourth Conde ^* . during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries , ' by

    H . ILH . the Duke d'Aumale . Reared in the profession of arms himself , a general and a tactician of ^^ p aa » no . bibbi ^ b ^ ordinary " ^^ ^ b » ^ ara » aB < bbpb » ^* ay aa » m capacity ^ r mias- W 1 ^ ^ m ^ ^~ •» bb * ^ m , bb and - ^— ' ^— —^ a — — member ~_ v —_ ~— — — of — —— the ^^ — —

    French Academy , His Highness has already made his mark as an anther and litterateur . A descendant of that aar illustri ¦ ous » " ^^ familywhose name was borne by

    ^ BB' ^^ Bi BB * aB > ^ a ^™ ^^* ^^ a ^ " ^^ " ^ " ^^ ™ " ¦ ^ p ^ v - ^ *^»~ ^»« r ^^^ — ^^^^ * - ¦ ¦ g , j » w ~— — ~^ — — — — ~ ~— — — ' ~— ^^ m his own eldest son , who died prematurely some years ago in Australia , no one could treat with more __ succinctness - _ and _ ability the facts connected

    with that _ eventful period of French history , nor depict with more force and veracity the military achievements which have added such a lustre to the

    names of Conde , Turenne , and their illustrious companions in arms . The fourth volume , which comprises an

    historical period of three years , is entirely devoted to the three campaigns which ended in the victories of Rocroy BBBh Bi fcaB Fribourg 0 fBJB | Bh and Nordlingen Bh . In ¦ his

    descrip-^^^ B ^ ^ a ^ . ^ BB * B 1 , aj BB ^^ ^ " ^ ^"" W ^^ P ^^ B' ^*^ " ^ , BJ ~^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^™ ^ " ^¦ *^ ™ ^^ " ^ " ™— ¦ ** - ™ w ¦ ^ ¦ B . ^~~ ^~~ ™ r ~ " ^ ~~ — — — ~ ~^ ^— ~— - w ¦ —~ pj ^ F ' tion of those military events , the Duke d'Aumale , carried away by the pride and enthusiasm wh ¦ ich vivifies the heart of the soldier and the patriot ,

    breaks forth into language which places this work in the foremost rank as a model and a chef-d' & uvre of military 4 The annal narration s of . war / says the Dukepresent

    nothing analogous with these ' consecutive •/ campai , JL gns , prolific in results which no reverse of arms has tarnished . If with the return of the spring we

    find everything changed , countries . , individual . s , adversaries , or companions , we perceive everywhere distinctive features in the operations which have

    remained unaltered . All those measures necessary to success are never wanting : foresight in the military preparations , vigilance in command , a simple ,

    clear ,, and judicious plan , carried out with precision in the strategical operations , extraordinary skill in tacticsboldnesstenacity -- — - —— a sudden i ~ r ~~ and ~~ powerful h h

    insp *^» *^^ -w ^^^ ^ " ~ ^^ iration - ^^ - - ^ , ^ B " ^^ ~» ^ " ~ h during ^— **^^^ m ~^ " ^^ r ^ r , ^ p — action — - ' - - ^ ~~ , rap , ^ m — id decision - — — — — — - — , an ^^ exalted ^ « w ^^ ^*^ ^^ v " ^ wmm policy which confirmed and insured the fruits of victory . It is rare indeed to find such qualities

    united , to meet with such great and varied abilities , and so equally and so perseveringly applied . Louia de Bourbon never appealed in vain to his troops

    * . * . jc , for never did a general receive m from his soldiers

    li greater proofs of devotion nor Bimuar sacrifices /

    Turenne , the Dukq d'Anguien , Mercy , De Melo and the other illustrious generals Mf-i who disti ~ —— nguished ^ JJ—— - " »••»* ^ p-v » fc ,

    themselves with a force during and this eventfu -which l lend period a , charm are portrayed to this grace volume . The 1 ¦ illustriou —~ s author writes history BF with J »

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    prowess , and tact of his adversaries ; he is even lavish and Bavarian in his praise troops and , and admiration of the gallant ^ of the and Spanish brave — - -mm ^

    Spanish Captain-General , Don Francisco de Melo . In speaking of Mercy , the historian of Conde says : ' That great tigen teral who does noft occupy — — I

    V » ^ J ' ( -- that V place in A history ^* to Tvhich * BL his «« BkBt character « . , his _ _* talents , and his merits deservedly entitle him / He pays also a generous and deserving tribute to the

    memory M W of two \~ f other great military fcj commanders of the period whose services appear not to have been hitherto sufficiently recognised or appreciated

    by historians , viz ., the Du & e de Rohan and the Marshal de GKuebriant . Of the Marshal he says : —* Few Frenchmen at

    the present day know what the country owes liim . Born of humble but respectable parents , he was a stranger to court and cabinet intrigues ; almost

    always on active service abroad , modest and austere in his habits , and sincerely religious and devout , he figures but poorly in the entertaining chronicles of

    the day . He died poor and almost unknown to posterity . ' ¦ Observing - ^^ - " ^ - ^ ™ ™ ~ ^^ ^™ " BBB the —¦ " ^— ^ ' " r precision BBF " ^ ~* T W BBIV ^^ " ^ tf B >^ BI ^ and BW BBB | ^^^^ imparti ^ B ^^ B ^¦ B >^ B » B ^ B * ^ p ^ P 1 BPBB BV ^ ality ^^ ^^ B ^^ ^» of ' ^^ ^^^ the ' ^ ™ ™ - ^

    writing as well as the author ' s delicate and scrupulous regard for truth , I cannot too highly recommend these volumes to the attention of the student and

    the lover L'Entree of history des . Israelites dans la Societe Francaise et les Etats Chretiens' is the title of a book

    which at the present moment cannot fail to prove interesting to a very large class of readers . Following so shortly after the inflammatory and

    impassioned work of M . Edouard Drumont , 'La and France recri Juive minations , ' which against dealt so the large leading ly in personal members ities of the Jewish community in this countryit will help ,

    we trust , to sober down the acrimony , engendered against superior ^ a aptitude class ^ whose for — , onl and y crime excellence __ appears _ , j not — to in be indus their - |

    trial , but in banking and financial operations . The author of the work in question is M . TAbbe who has Josep preserved h L ^ man for n his , a priest former and co-reli converted ionists Jew the ,

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    traces for the with preponderance a rare ability of the the qualities Jewish race inherent . He in that race Christian which societies have insured [ Novelists this preponderance have not

    rapacious failed among to portray and thrifty the Jew individual . as a selfish and , Sir avaricious Walter ,

    , ; qualities Scott _ j , , in in * the Ivanhoe character / has of forc old ibl Isaac y dep , » who icted may these v be

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    from scrupled political to criticise as -well these as defects social , which motives , no he d ou has t ,

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    rac speaking e throug of h the all persecutions ages and all exercised countries against up to the

    n present nrpiHf ations tnh , day ri has jvw . cost His TTi « - - him book hr » r * lr , odg with twi < -. Vi or its iia two redundant ¦ nPKrlnnHfi duels , in t ' , recrimi Tacrinil one aci acri ot -

    wnich which mony . , and he he partiali has has been been ty disp severel severelv layed y wounded wounded in each . . page intolerant The J-he of this » -

    work breathe of bigotry and religious ,

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 726, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/8/