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MODERN FRENCH LITERATURE

HUGO'S SCÈNES DE VOYAGE (Bronson).

De Paris à Aix-la-Chapelle. xvi-f-277pp. Narrow J 6mo. Buckram 85 cents, net.

The best parts of Hugo's Le Rhin with his preface to that book. Notable for vivid descriptions, quaint bits of legend, and side lights upon history, philosophy, and politics.

LOTI : SELECTIONS (Cameron).

Authorized Edition, lxi -f- 185 pp. 16mo. 70 cents, net.

The stories Chagrin d'un vieux forçat aud Viande de boucherie, and representative episodes, that stand out vivid and complete in themselves, from Le Mariage de Loti, Le Roman d'un Spahi, Mon frère Yves, Pêcheur d'Islande, Madame Chrysanthème. Japoueries d'automne, and Au Maroc.

L. Oscar Kuhns, Professor in Wesleyan University, Conn. : — The edition is in every way an excellent one, and ought to be largely used.

C0PPÉE AND DE MAUPASSANT : TALES (Cameron).

With two portraits, xlviii -f- 188 pp. 16mo. Cloth. 75 cents, net. Includes : Coppée— Le Morceau du Pain, Deux Pitres, Un Vieux de la Vieille, Les Vices du Capitaine, Scenario, La Robe Blanche, La Remplaçant, Un Enterrement Dramatique, etc. De Maupassant— La Peur, La Main, Garçon, un Bock, En Voyage, Apparition, Les Idées du Colonel, etc.

Prof. Wm. K Gillett, of N. Y. University /—The students are unanimous in saying that they have never been better pleased with any text-book.

COPPÉE'S ON REND L'ARGENT (Bronson).

A novel giving vivid pictures of the Paris of to-day. With eight illustrations. 184 pp. Narrow 16mo. Cloth. 60 cents, net. Joseph S. Ford, of Phillips Exeter Academy : — It is attractive in every

way, and is moreover thoroughly French in appearance. The notes are

well done and show a knowledge of Paris at first hand.

OHNET'S LA FILLE DU DÉPUTÉ (Beck).

By the author of Le Maitre de Forges, v-f-204 pp. 16mo. 50 cents, net,

A vigorous, colloquial story of love and politics in the French capital.

Otis G. Bunnell, Instructor at Yale : — I found La Fille du Député to be a simple yet charming story, and one:that I enjoyed reading. I am sure every one who reads it will be of the same opinion.

MUSSETS LE MERLE BLANC (Williams and Cointat). iv -f- 50 pp. Boards. 30 cents, net. This exquisite story of Musset's is uncommonly interesting and sympathetic, and has been found to be admirably suited to second-year classes.

TOEPFFER'S LE BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MON ONCLE (Taylor).

xx -f- 201 pp. Cloth. 50 cents, net. Prof. E. S. Lewis, of Princeton :— " A charming story. . . Mr. Taylor has been able to give a thoroughly good idea of the author's life and infli « ence. ... It is pleasant to review a text edited by a teacher as careful a? Mr. Taylor."

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