The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-01
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M SISTER J1ANNn A Novel, BY Georg'
Sand. Translated from the French by s
r. Croker Boston Roberts Bros. New
Orleans Kahn Il Co.
Roberts Bros. are now issuing most uni
form edition Of TRANSACTIONS of the best novels
of George Sand. Admitted by tho severes
critics to be one of tho most Influential
writer's of the day: second perhaps only t
George Elliot, among those who use the move
as means of reaching the great reading pub
bic, "the power of George Sand has itsel
deeply into the mind, the morals, the man.
ners, the legislation. Of every civilized coun-
try in the world"
OF the moral influence Of her writings, Hu.
gene Benson says, in the Galasy: s'One of the
most beautiful facts about her works is the
dominance Of the benevolent spirit You
She yearnns to do good. to influence, to on
noble, to stimulate" while of her style.
Thackeray wrote Her sentences are exquis-
itely melodious and full. I cant
express to you the charm of them. They seem
to me like the sounds of country bells, falling
bWtetty uuu 6duiy uPoA sAo eAA'
We recommend the present edition, which
will comprise choice selection OF the purest
and best of her novels, translated BY writer's
of the purest English.
FIVE THOUSAND YEAR. By Mrs Henry
Wood, author Of East Lynne, etc. Phila-
delphia: 4. 3. Peterson & Bros. New
Orleans K"in & Co.
This volume, in its yellow paper covers,
price twenty-five cents, should have been in
cluded in the list of new novels from the same
prolific pen, tina. were noticed last week
sQUIEr Houss A COLLECTION of Poems Bos-
ton Roberts Bros. New Orleans Kahn &
Co.
This exquisite little volume is . choice Sc
lection of gems from the poets Of all ages,
mhging from old George Wither, Of 1888,
down to Celia Thaxtsr and II. IL. of most
modern fame. A glance at the List of authors
shows Milton and George Herbert, Wordsworth
and Coleridge, Tennyson and Longfellow, J.
G. Whittier and r. W. Emerson, Elizabeth
Barrett Browning and Phoebe Cary, and many
other names less familiar.
An index Of titles and subjects, another of
first lines, and still another of authors and
dates, make the little volume very complete.
PBospEa MER1xzE's LETTERS TO An Ixooc-
EIrA; with Recollections by Lamartine and
Stoddard. New York: Scribner, Armstrong
l. Co. New Orleans: Kahn 4 Co.
Exquisite - were tho "Reminiscences Of
'Chorley, Plauche and Young" delightful q
we're the ''Anecdote Biographies of Thackersy
and Dickens" tho Letters of Prosper Meri-
NEE to an IncognitA, supplemented by the
Memoirs of Lamartne and George Sand. form
, third volume Of the Bric-a- Brac series. we'll
worthy of place beside its predecessors.
Ierimee was q man of most varied attain
ments. brilliant scholar and linguist; poet
of exquisite fancies: An artist with critical
taste; yet living en- amste,r, utilizing none Of
his rsre gifts to their fullest extent. His let
tiers are unriva'el for epigrammatic brillancy.
for keen and flashing Wit, for biting sarcasm,
and for their striking portraits of the leading
men and women Of the day, in both English
and French society. The identity of the fas-
cinating &neonwus, With whom this brilliant
correspondence was carried on for moro than
thirty years, is ~ Jet undecided. and will
probably remain always mystery. which only
renders the letters still moro fascinating.
The latter portion Of the volume contains
An abridgement Of Lady Herbert's translation
Of Lamartine's twenty-five Years of my
Life" memoirs which reveal "much of his
genius and oil Of his heart" The '.Recollec- |
lions Of George Sand embrace such portions !
of her Souvenirs and Impressions" as are
most interesting to the general reader.