The century illustrated monthly magazine . paration of a rare dish tofine conversation, from playing the lute to the dissection of the human heart. In this versa-tility she has been likened to Mme. Genlis,whom she resembled also in her moral teach-ing and her factitious sensibility. But she wasmore genuine, more amiable, and far superiorin true elevation of character. She was full oftheories and loved to air them, hence the peo-ple who move across the pages of her novelsare often lost in a cloud of moral she gave a fresh impulse to literature, add-ing a fine quality of grace, t
The century illustrated monthly magazine . paration of a rare dish tofine conversation, from playing the lute to the dissection of the human heart. In this versa-tility she has been likened to Mme. Genlis,whom she resembled also in her moral teach-ing and her factitious sensibility. But she wasmore genuine, more amiable, and far superiorin true elevation of character. She was full oftheories and loved to air them, hence the peo-ple who move across the pages of her novelsare often lost in a cloud of moral she gave a fresh impulse to literature, add-ing a fine quality of grace, tenderness, and pure,though often exaggerated, sentiment. La Fayette, who had more clearness ofmind, as well as a finer artistic sense, gave abetter form to the novel and pruned it of super-fluous matter. The sentiment, which casts sosoft and delicate a coloring over her romances,,was more subtle and refined. It may be ques-tioned, however, if she wrote so much that couldbe incorporated in the thought of her time. Amelia Gere 7 -- si-:^l&i ANDREA DEL VERROCCHIO, 1435-1488. (ITALIAN OLD MASTERS.)
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