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Literary Movement in France During the
Nineteenth Century" THIS work was
crowned by the French Academy.
Mrs Flora Annie Steel. whose latest
met with such great success. was for
twenty-five years connected with the
cause Of education for girls in India
teaching English, reading, writing ard
arithmetic. When the Prince of Wales
visited Lahore she and her girls made all
the enoroideries for his rooms. She first
began TO write on educational matters,
and her series OF school readers are stII
in use in the governments schools. She
was just past 50 when she published a
volume OF folk tales which has recsntly
kfpling. The next book was The Conn
plete Indian Housskeeper and Cook" She
wrote books on elementary physiology,
hygiene and domestic economy. which are
in use IN all the girls schools of India
When her husband retired from the In
dian service Mrs. Steel gave up her many
public works and returned with him TO
England, whers her leisure has been given
up TO rhe writing Of her novels and short
stories.
1t is said that Sinkiewicz is much sur
prised at the great demand for the En-
gliSh translation OF hts book "Quo Vaais."
Fire and Sword" the only one OF his
works that was read 70 any extent In this
country and In England previous 20 the
appearance OF QUO Nadis. In the au-
thor's other books the unpronounceahle
Polish and Hungarian names were very
trying TO rhe average reader. and while
critics and reviewers noticed the power
and excellence OF the works the public
failed 10 respond "ono Nadfs," dealing
with the expansion OF the Christian re-
Hgion in Rome during the time OF Nero.
and describing the Romans Of that event.
full period in a way that no other book
has yet done, naturally interests and APP
peals TO SCORES OF people VINO would not
take the trouble 10 read through equally
well-written pages dealing with the rise
OF Poland. For this reason QUO NadlS''
seems destined 20 he the most successful
work YET written by its unusually tai
erted author.