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From the New York World. "About the whole there plays a poetic light that is not the less charming because it is so wholly French." From the Providence Journal. "This lovely idyl of French provincial life introduces to the notice of American readers Theuriet, one of the most quietly enjoyable among modern French novelists, and one who holds rank among the highest for his portraiture of the charms of country landscapes, and the sweet peace and happiness clustering around country life." II. The Godson of a Marquis. 16mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. (Forming Number IX. of Appletons' "Collection of Foreign Authors.") From the Boston Gazette. "A graceful picture of country life in France. The extreme finish of its style, the delicacy with which its little romance is treated, the skill with which sharp touches of Nature are everywhere introduced, and the general air of realism that pervades the work, are charms which make it one of the most pleasing books of the series." III. 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"The story entitled 'Remorse' attracted much attention from the grace and vivacity of its style, and from the singular vigor evinced in the portrait of a literary personage whose successive love-affairs were turned to the account of his poetry and novel-writing. The essential shallowness and meanness of such a nature are strikingly contrasted with the earnest and genuine character of the heroine, and the elements of a tragical situation are evolved with much ingenuity out of this antithesis. There are in these figures a certain crispness and vividness, as if the author had studied their counterparts in real life." Octave Feuillet, (Forming Author of "The Romance of a Poor Young Man." THE DIARY OF A From the New York World. "No one who begins 'The Diary of a Woman' will fail to finish it at a sitting. In certain respects it is the best of M. Feuillet's books. 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