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| SW5'chlhe was the constant companion of her
husband, 10 whose interest and welfare she
subjected her own-while Madame Recamier
| led life entirely independent of tbe man
| whose name she bore. Both of them formed
STRONG friendships with distinguished men. but
WIN madame kceaniier these iriendsIlips par
se sseooN 80 iafsely OF the nature OF "a warmer SEN
! ry to class them 80
| Madane lieeamier was gentle and kind
| retdJ 10 sacrifice herself to any extent to all
| vance the material interests OF her friends
| but she was essentially worldly woman:
whereas Nine. Swetchine was in the world
put not OF IT,. She eXerted an immense soir-
itnal as well as Intellectual influence on all
VINO approached her, and raised her friends to
her own level. Mime. Reeamier made her as
soclates pleased with themselves, while Nine
Swetchne taught hers to forget themselves
The character as well "a the life Of Nine Re-
camier puzzles and perplexes, and will proba-
bly, always remain u riddle, enthusiastically
admired by some, over censured by others.
The character OF Madame Swetchne affords
no scope for conjecture or perplexity, and not
a shadow of reproach rests on her hOnOred
name. But it is not owing wholly 10 the
frankness of her character and even tenor Of
her life that We feel that we know and under
stand the latter so much letter, but TO the fact
that through her own letters we are able to
Judge her for ourselves These form the most
attractive portion of her biography, and from
them we learn something of the inner and
spiritual as well as the intellectual and out
ward liie of this admirable woman. This
source of knowledge we do not have in Nine.
kecamier's Memoirs, and we are, therefore
Sbllged to take the Judgment OF other people
IN regard to her instead of our own. OF the
Two books II is hard Ia decide which in the
more interesting. AS a biography, the life of
NINE. > %etehine is more satisfactory and much
Detter written, that Of Mime. Recamer is fullev
OF personal anecdote respecting distinguished
persons, and as book of reference Il more
valuable. We frequently meet the same peo-
pie in each, and in this respect they serve TO
ilustrateand explain each other.
The book is well translated, and is of perma-
Dent value for the information it contains.
Bailey & Noyes hayeit
HAREM LIFE IN EGYPT AND CoNsTANrINoPLE.
BY Emtneline Lott, Auth0ress of"Nights in
the Hafem." Philadelphia: L. B. l eterson
and Brothers.
Despite the drawbacks of an affected tone
of thought, and a somewhat inflated style, this
book OF Mrs. Lott's is both interesting and val
liable. She went to Egypt in an official ca
pacity as Governess to His Highness the Grand
Paeha IbrahiIn, the infant son of Ismae Pacha
the Viceroy of Egypt, the grandson of Mehem-
ct Ali, and the son of that gallant warrior; the
renowned Ibrahim Pacha; and her long resi-
denee in those toci of intrigue, the Imperial
aud Vice-regai harems OF Turkey and Egypt
gave her opportunities for studying the private,
daily life of the odalsques OF the nineteenth
century such as few, perhaps none among Eu-
ropean writers have hitherto enjoyed. With
so much that Is new and curious TO tell us,
and really lively and graphic, though occa-
sionally stilted, way Of telling it, she could not
tail to make am extremely readable book; and
that is precisely what she has done. Any one
who wishes to know what the domestic life Of
the Orientals really ia, how the women and
children of a Turks household live, move and
have their daily being, should read Mrs. Lofts
book.
For sale at Chisholm's.
TATF oF Two CrrIEa Rv CbarIas n;oIo,,.