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of Algeria, by one who took an active part 

 therein ; the Duchess Tascher de la Pagerie's mem- 

 oirs, ' Mon Sejour aux Tuileries, l852-'58," have 

 been published; while a surprising revelation is 

 made in Pierre Hachet-Souplet's Louis Napoleon 

 Prisonnier au Fort de Ham." The ' Souvenirs du 

 Prince de Joinville,"has reached its fourteenth edition. 

 Quite recent times are treated in Gaston Routier's 

 "Guillaume II a Londres et 1'Union franco russe "; 

 "Alexandre III. sa Vie, son CEuvre," by E. Flourens ; 

 and G. Rothan's " La France et sa Politique exte- 

 rieure en 1867." Charles de Mazade's " L'Europe et 

 les Xeutralites" (posthumous) is a study of the ex- 

 ceptional situation of small neutral nations such as 

 Switzerland and Belgium. France's colonizing and 

 conquering ventures in the East have more or less 

 inspired Prince H. d'Orleans's "Autour du Tonkin"; 

 11. Alis's"Nos Africains"; M. Monnier's "Mission 

 Hinder: France noire"; A. Martineau's "Madagas- 

 car en 1894"; Garuot's " L'P^xpedition francaise de 

 Formose: 1884-'85"; and E. Barbe's " Le Nabab 

 Rene Madec : Histoire diplomatique des Projets de la 

 France sur le Bengale et le Pendjab, 1772-1808 " ; 

 while other portions of the Orient 'form the subject 

 of Ch. Loonen's " Le Japon moderne " and A. Cha- 

 peaux's " Le Congo . . ." The United States are 

 seen by French eyes in the interesting though not 

 profound " Vingt Jours dans le Nouveau Monde," by 

 Octave Uzanne (who has also written of" La Femme 

 a Paris t nos Contemporaines "), and Paul Bourget's 

 "Outre-Mer"; while Max O'Rell writes of the Eng- 

 lish colonies in his " La Maison John Bull et C ie ." The 

 second volume of O. Noel's " Iiistoire clu Commerce 

 du Monde " has appeared. Paul Sabatier has made a 

 careful and conscientious study of the " Vie de Saint 

 Frangois d'Assise "; Jules Bois writes of" Les petites 

 Religions de Paris" ; and Th. Cailleux. in " La Judee 

 en Europe," strives to show that Spain was the scene 

 of action of biblical history. J. Justin's "fitude sur 

 les Institutions haitiennes"; Arthur Desjardins's 

 " De la Liberte politique dans 1'Etat moderne " ; 

 B. Lazare's " L'Antisemitisme, son Histoire et ses 

 Causes " ; L. Bernard's " L'Antisemitisme demasque 

 . . . "; "Le Peril anarehiste," by F. Dubois ; G. de 

 Molinari's " Les Bourses du Travail," C. de Fromont 

 de Bouaille's "De la Conciliation et de 1' Arbitrage 

 dans les Conflits eiitre Patrons et Ouvriers en France 

 et a 1'Etranger," are new publications in the field of 

 political and social science.. Vols. I and II of Jules 

 Ferry's " Discours et Opinions " have been issued by 

 P. Robiquet. In philosophy we have Ch. Adam's 

 "La Philosophic en France"; Fr. Paulhan's "Les 

 Caracteres"; and E. Brunschvigg's " Spinoza." L. 

 Liurd traces " L'Enseignement superieur en France, 

 1789-1893." In the domain of literary history and 

 criticism we have " Victor Hugo apres 1852," the 

 fourth and last volume of Edmond Bire's important 

 biographv of Victor Hugo, who has been written of 

 also by P. de Saint-Victor. Monographs on Joseph 

 de Maistre by G. Cogordan, Diderot by Joseph 

 Reinach, Froissart by Mary Darmesteter, have been 

 issued in the series "Grands Eerivains frangais " ; 

 " Prosper Merimee " forms the subject of an interest- 

 ing volume by Augustin Filon : P. Flat has issued 

 u Seconds Essais sur Balzac " ; and Robinet is the 

 author of an important monograph on Condorcet. 

 Vol. VII of the "Journal des Goncourt" has ap- 

 peared ; R. Doumic deals with " ficrivains d'Au- 

 jourdhui." The erudite Leon Cledat writes of 

 ^Poesie lyrique et satirique en France au Moyen 

 Age"; Brunetiere's "L'Evolution de la Poesie ly- 

 rique en France au 19 e Siecle"has appeared; Ger- 

 main Bapst sketches the history of the stage : E. 

 Faguet has issued " Seizieme Siecle : fitudes litte- 

 niires"; "L'Influence du Dialecte gascon sur la 

 Langue frangaise" is a conscientious study by Max- 

 iine Lanusse. J. J. Jusserand's valuable " Iiistoire 

 litteraire du Peuple anglais des Origines a la Renais- 

 sance," Ch. Letourneau's " L'Evolution litteraire 

 <lans les diverses Races humaines," and a collection 

 of posthumous essays on English literature and phi- 



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losophy, by J. Milsand, have been published. Others 

 to be noted are: R. Bonatbus's "Henri de Klei.sf Sa 

 Vie et ses OZuvres"; G. Larroumet's "Nouvelles 

 Etudes de Litterature et d'Art " ; L. Bernadini's " La 

 Litterature scandinave " ; C. Lenient's " La Poesie 

 patriotique en France dans les Temps modernes " 

 M. L. Crousle's " Fenelon et Bossuet"; and G. Lan- 

 son's " Iiistoire de la Litterature francaise." 



From the usual long list of prose fiction we take 

 the most important works. Zola's " Lourdes " is the 

 first of his " Trois Villes " ; Marcel Prevost's " Nou- 

 velles Lettres de Fernmes " is a collection of love 

 stories marked by his customary delicacy in the de- 

 scription of feminine nature ; in " Le Masque : Conte 

 milesien," a religious novel, Gilbert Augustin- 

 Thierry indulges in an exposition of the Egyp- 

 tian doctrine of metempsychosis. Leon Michaud 

 d'Humiac is the author of the exquisitely delicate 

 sketches " Nouveaux Contes de la Reine Mab " ; 

 Georges d'Esparbes's " La Legende de 1'Aigle " com- 

 prises 20 epic tales of the wars of the first empire ; 

 and Gonzague Privat's touching story " Joie perdue," 

 has a charming preface by Alphonse Daudet, which 

 latter author has translated from the Provengal into 

 French Baptiste Bonnet de Bellegarde's " Li Memo- 

 ri d'un Gnarro." Others are Th. Bentzon's " Jacque- 

 line " ; Mme. Caro's " Idole " ; Count Stanis- 

 las Rzewuski's "Deborah"; Jean Aicard's tragic 

 "L'Ibis bleu"; II. Malot's"En Famille " ; Auguste 

 Blondel's fanciful stories, " Pres du Reve " ; Henry Ra- 

 busson's novel, "Prejuge?"; "Monsieur Cotillon"; 

 P. Mael's " Roman d'une Femme," " Ce qu'elle 

 voulait," " Derniere Pensee," " Femme d' Artiste " : 



Les Filles du Pope " (a novel evincing keen obser- 

 vation) ; Art Roe's character study " Pingot et Moi " ; 

 Th. Cahu's " Un Amour dans le Monde," " Amante et 

 Mere " ; C. Mendes's " Verger fleuri," " Les Idylles ga- 

 lantes," " La Maison de la vieille " ; J. Rameau's "La 

 Chevelure de Madeleine" and "La Rose de Gre- 

 nade " ; Rene Bazin's " Une Tache d'Encre " ; A. IIous- 

 sayc's "Le Repentir de Marion"; Georges Pradel's 

 "Coaurde Mere": Jean Reibrach's"LesLendemains"' 



" Suzanne Herbain," " Secretaire particulier " ; J. 

 Carol's " So3ur Jeanne"; E. Daudet's " Aveux de 

 Femme," " La Venitienne " ; Gyp's " Du Haut en Bas," 

 " Professional Lover," " Le Mariage de Chiffon," " Le 

 Treizieme," " Le Journal d'un Philosophe " ; II. Gr4- 

 ville's "Fidelka," "L'Aveu"; A. Gladis's " Au Gre 

 des Choses " ; A. Theuriet's " Tentation " ; J. Dieula- 

 foy's " Frere Pelage " ; Hugues Le Roux's " Gladys " ; 

 R. Maizeroy's " Ville d'Amour," " p]n Folie " ; A.. 

 France's "Le Lys rouge"; and C. Flammarion's "La 

 Fin tlu Monde." Nor must we forget " La Legende 

 de la Mort en Basse-Bretagne," compiled by A. Le 

 Braz, a curious and interesting contribution, to the 

 literature of Breton folklore. Among the most im- 

 portant poetical works of the year is " Toute la Lyre," 

 a new posthumous work by Victor Hugo. Catalina 

 de Erauso's "La Nonne Alferez " has been translated 

 by J. M. de Heredia. Other books of verse are " Le 

 Sang de France," in which Georges Gourdon sings 

 the p_raise of the patriots of France's battlefields ; 

 Gabriel Vicaire's "Au Bois joli" (dainty rhymes on 

 popular topics); Melanie Sc'heler's "Aimer, soutfrir 

 etcroire" (in a minor key): Frangois Fabie's "Les 

 Voix rustiques " ; J. Richepin's " Vers la Joie"; 

 " Louise," a study of modern life, by Charles Fuster ; 

 Emile Ilinzelin's " Raisons de vivre""; Adolphe Ruf- 

 fin's "Les Chats" (fascinating and light); and^the 

 poetry, varying greatly in merit, of Laurent Tail- 

 hade and the other younger poets of the new school 

 which he heads. Jean Moreas, M. Du Plessys, II. de 

 Regnier, R. de la Tailhade, and F. Viele-Grifiin are 

 among the adherents of new movements. The " Re- 



