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    clearly indicating the prejudices inspired by his devout aevout

    sentiments flfmtiments as as a a and ana ferven lervent t Roman noman Catholic uatnoiic .. M . FAbbe Joseph L £ mann , on the contrary , though now a priest of that Church , does not forget

    his Jewish origin . He describes in thrilling and unprejudiced language the persecutions and tribulations of bis race . The recital of these

    persecutions , the enumeration of the torments practised on the Jews in all ages and in all countries , must evoke surprise and indignation ; and to those

    unacquainted with Jewish history , the marvel will be how such atrocities , exercised in the sacred name

    of religion , could have been permitted to disgrace animated the annals by of the humanity highest . and The purest author moti is evidentl ves—he y

    hopes and prays for the conversion of his former co-religionists . Like the eminent Lacordaire , he trusts that when all religions and sect - _ _ s shall - — h _ ave _ _

    disappeared and become absorbed _ in Christianity , truth and error that is to say , Christianity and atheism , God and man , will stand face to face .

    Then the oloud which has hitherto east its dark shadow over and shrouded the vision of the two chosen peoples— -the Jew and the Christian—the

    past and the future—shalL have dissolved , they will meet from the extremities of the earth to embrace each other in the inseparable bonds of unity and

    love . 'Les Femmes Bibliophiles de la France aux XVI ¦ . - , f — XVII — . , - et — — ^ XVII ^ — - — ^^— ^ I — . V ^ siecles " ^ ™ ^^ ^^^ - - ** w ** , m ' by ^^ w ^ Ernest »«^^ m ^ ^^ w ** - ^ m

    find Quentin The favour author Bauchart with in a , very his is a admirabl work large wh class i e ch preface will of readers undoubtedl beg . ins b y

    drawing the distinction between women really y renowned Poitiers and for Cath their erine book of - jVEedici lore , such s in the as Diana 16 ththe of

    , de ' Grande Verrue Mademoiselle and Madame ' de in Pompad the 17 th our , the in Comtesse the 18 th

    fash century ion . , and He also those gives who an were interesting only readers account from of the

    binding progress in France and improvement during those in centuries the art . of

    book-In a virid and pleasant style , interspersed with anecdotes anecaotes , the the author author introduces intvrnrlnp . Pia us us successivel Knrv » ftssivp > lv

    to Med he familiarises TammaTises what icis , that , was great styled lover the and library patroness of Catherine of letters de y ;

    "e us us with with the the verses verses in in the the margi margin n of of written a prayer with -T > ook her once hand belong and ing which to' Mury betray Stuart the ,

    sad reflections and own most intimate , thoughts of the unfortunate into --- * .., « queen vju . vvi . iA during UUtlUg XjIUJ her . captivi KZtX ^ Jbl VI ty l / J ; , initiates JX 11 LJHUCO

    us the delicate relations and amorous correspondence tells us of 3 between the Duchess Anne of of l Austria Montpensier and Mazarin whoin ;

    B P ^ te — of " v her . mo professed J ^ t » Ul _» COi 3 con tempt O . T-LUUIj for fJUllSlUX © rthograp . , , WH « J , , hy , was the great womua f of letters of the a ^ e of

    ij ¦ L ) ouis i ,, s XIY " 5 CTV % ; and « n ^ of ^ Mad TU .. / 1 ame ., m * de Rambouillet T > . » »^ . L ^^ : n ^ # . ^ a" » nd aclumo u others Miners de of ot Maintenon m more ore or or , Jes les the s s note note Duchess .. of Montausier , ,

    Jong There -disputed is a rery monogram interesti which ng dissertation is found on on the all wo books of IIand all the facadof

    Henry . on es Qrwl : darned " ° i ^ Henri TT _ " ildi opinions "K . ngs - ' » iwuo of that ot of such OUC rei gn writers M . l'IltJX Notwithstanding i * « as M XHUilU Paulin Paris JLitlia the

    ? initials Jici 8 H a Martin ad C , that , who is pretend of Henry to and discovor Catherine in it the of

    Poitiers oubt ec that . , M . they Quenti are n those Bauchart of Henry , proves and beyond Diana of a

    re prouuctiong ll \ v . olumc of is armorial further richl bearings y embellished and specimens with

    1 1 luablo n ce addition S" of the to the time annals , and of will French form literature a most

    ) ^ ose nturies . Beri nff Iiaracter tll < e Publications of another and less

    |^ 2 T » J- n ^ ftJ briefly notice a work

    entitled ' Paddy ' s Dreams and John Bull ' s Nightmare , or Notes on Ireland , ' by M . Saint-Thomas .

    The title of the book sufficiently indicates the nature of the subject treated by the author , who , with the prejudices peculiar to his countrymen ,

    expatiates on the wrongs of Ireland under British rule . and The we are hero treated of the to work a descri is pti of on course of ' boycotting M . Parnell ,

    and to some lively scenes in the House of Commons on the occasion of a debate on Home Rule and Irish affairs . To those accustomed to read

    contemporary history from a French point of view , it will not be surprising to find that facts are somewhat distortedand that the prejudices as well as

    sympathy of , race and religion have evidently biassed the mind and judgment of the writer . On the whole the work is a harmless production

    which may have an attraction for those for whom it was written ; but I do not think it can have any interest for British readers beyond giving them

    an idea of how French writers deal with contemporary history . On May 22 # the anniversary of the death of

    i / , — — — - Victor Hugo , the artists of the Comedie Fran-< jaise' gave a recital of some important passages

    from a posthumous work of the illustrious poet entitled * La Fin de Satan / and the same day was issued the first edition of the work by the

    publishers , Messrs . Hetzel & Quantin . Conceived and partially written some twenty years ago , when the great poet was in exile , this

    work has remained hitherto unpublished . A lyric poem of rare merit and marvellous conception , it is not surpassed by anyeven the most celebrated

    productions of the immortal , poet ; and it gives one , an idea of the vast and incomparable resources of

    his prodigious genius . ¦ » o « -

    Juiy I, Is8€ The Publishers' Circular 72...

    juiy i , iS 8 € The Publishers' Circular 727

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    Messrs . D . Appleton & Co ., New York , will soon publish a ' Centennial History of the _

    Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New - — - - York —— — - , y 1785 - -w — — -1885 - - _ - , - ' prepared j ^ _ — _ - — by - ^^ General

    Wilson , and freely illustrated with portraits , & c . "The Rear-Guard of the Revolution / by

    James D . Gilmore ( 'Edmund Kirke' ) , a story of the pioneer settlement of Tennessee under

    James Robertson and John Sevier ; ' Studies in Modern Socialism and Labour Problems , '

    volumes by T . Edwin in a new Brown * International , D . D . ; and Education also two

    Series / viz . * The Philosophy of Education , * by Johann Karl ! F . Rosenkranz , and ' A History

    of W . Education T . Harris / , b LL y . Prof D ., . is F . the V . editor N . Painter of the .

    series . Among the "books which the J . B .

    Lippincott Co . have in press are * La Plata Countries of South America / by E . J . M . Clemens ; 'A

    Soldier ' s Reminiscences in Peace and War / novel by General by Mrs R . . Annie W . Johnson Somers Gilchrist ; * Harcourt ; * Red / a

    Beauty William : O a . Story Stoddard of : the and Pawnee a novel Trail entitled / by _ _ _ ^_ j « r- ^ -V « —

    ' Out / by G . I . Servus , author of ' White Feathers / ' A Model Wife / & c .

    Walt Whitman is preparing for the press a new volume of prose and verse , to be called

    ' November Boughs . Most of the poems , |

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1886, page 727, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071886/page/9/