Church review . an fail to get goodfrom it. It is published by The SacredHeart Library, New York City, att wenty-five cents. Paris As It Is. By Katharine De pages, 12 mo. New York: Double-day, Page & Co. Price $ De Forest has written for thosewho wish to get on the inside ofmodern Parisian life. The book is asort of extension of the guide-books,giving, with much verve and entireintimacy, an account of the people,home life and places of interest—themuseums, art galleries, shops, fash-ions, political life, etc. It is just thesort of information that a clever friendresiding in
Church review . an fail to get goodfrom it. It is published by The SacredHeart Library, New York City, att wenty-five cents. Paris As It Is. By Katharine De pages, 12 mo. New York: Double-day, Page & Co. Price $ De Forest has written for thosewho wish to get on the inside ofmodern Parisian life. The book is asort of extension of the guide-books,giving, with much verve and entireintimacy, an account of the people,home life and places of interest—themuseums, art galleries, shops, fash-ions, political life, etc. It is just thesort of information that a clever friendresiding in Paris could supply — in-dispensable to a full understandingand enjoyment of the French capital(whether during the great Expositionor afterward), but hitherto not attain-able by a visitor until after a longstay. We reproduce from the book apicture of the bridge of Notre-Dame. Currita, Countess of Albornoz. ANovel of Madrid Society. By LuisColoma. Translated from the Span-ish by Estelle Huyck Attwell. 450. BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME. From Paris as it Is. Publ Sophia. An Historical Romance. ByStanley J. Weyman. .545 pages, 12mo. New York: Longmans, Green &Co. Price $ A story of the England of GeorgeII. Sophia, a rich matrimonial prize, isbeset by suitors and harassed byscheming relatives, but eventually findsthe man of her choice, and developsunder the readers eyes from a senti-mental girl into a woman of ready witand noble nature. Mr. Weymans methods in his de-scriptions of the men and manners ofthe times will be familiar to all read-ers of his preceding novel, The CastleInn. The book is well illustrated. ished by Doubleday, Page & Co. preacher into whose life comes twotemptors, a quack medicine vendor andhis beautiful young gypsy wife. Corsonruns away with the latter, passesthrough many vicissitudes, sinks toexceedingly low depths, and reforms,tries to right wrongs and redeem him-self generally. It is a story of intenseand helpful interest and deserves awide reading. Poverty
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