Her meinolrn provide material 'orhistory and biography No one ho act

out to draw the portrait of I^afayctV*

would want to miaa her story of hotvTalleyrand went to tli'- Ftat^man'shou»e with another member of th» Con-

«lturnt Assembly, early on October '.ITS?, to propose iH«me arrangements farthe safety of the King. "They foundI^atayett*-. after the terrible two day«

which had passed, calmly having hi?hair done!" I'xefui *Ij?.> to the biog-

rapher Wt Miranesii should n* h"r not"on what Talleyrand thought of the re-ceipt for a sum of money received fromthe Oaß*t. sirred by the greut Tribune,

hkh he found in the Revolutionary ar-chives. fiMpaper etatr-d precjjielj tin?aer«ic«-? which the recipient of themoney undertook to perform, but Tal-leyrand declared that "In i»pite of this

financial transaction it would be unjust

to pay that Mirabeau was 'bought, andthat in accept the price of promisedaarrlsaa be did not surrender his inde-pendent rpinion. He wished to r-Tve.

Pranc? as much as to serve dm Kin;,

and reserved for himself liberty ofthought ami action, as well as liberty ofchoice of moans to brine al>out the ob-ject which he engager! to realize.'" This

i»« the vi<a of all impartial students "f

Mlrabeau's career, but It !;• Interesting

to have Talleyrand* opinion, stated by

one who received it at first hand.The reviewer is tempted to follow a

hundred other threads in this narrative,

but there is room for only one morefragment out of a rich collection. "IRaw the Empress Josephine and Mm*.

de Saint as«k to bo received byIx»uis XVIII.- she says, "a fortnight

after the fall of Napoleon. In London Isaw Lucicn Bonaparte make Lady Ald-boroußh introduce him to the Duke ofWellington, and at the Congress ofVier.na Eugene de Beuuharnais sang to

oblige the company. Ancient dynastic*

may be -"anting inability: BVa ones arealways lacking in dignity." The briefpassage is eloquent of the period oftransition in which the duchesse lived.of her truthful vision, and of her Inher-ited cast" pride. It is inspiriting to be in

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BOSTON DATS AND «AT?. Prom**}* Dawn of ttir Revolution Until theTown Kecame a City. py Mary ,\u25a0„„.line 'V«wfnr«l Illustrated. \^r\n Ppas. Little. Brown & Vo.

Miss Crawford, waaa book. "St. po-to|p!-'s Town." was favorably reviewedla the3r columns, offers in this new vol-ume a delightfully vivi-1 and picturesqueStory of Boston In that exciting p»-ri.»ubeginning with the Massacre by the red-coats and ending in I<Cl. whet) the tow nbecame » city, Delving with insistentindustry into all the reminiscences andcorrespondence \u25a0<\u25a0\u25a0 that time, she hasmade her characters live on these pages.Their manners, their opinions, their In-tellectual occupations and their amuse-ments are revealed with as much r!vao>i«y as is their stubborn determinationduring the Revolutionary struggle.

The boob in fun of color and' movement—witness the chapter on "The Challenceto the Crown." Pretty c.ris and smallboys were as firmly set against the Rev-enue Act as were the mothers and grand-niother;«. who solemnly pledged than-s. Ivp« I"drink no more tea. These Daugh-ters of Liberty spurred on th- Harvardundergraduates to scorn the "peroiciouflherb"; and m for the Colonial child, readHannah Wlnthrop's anecdote of littleMaster Jemmy Otis: "A gentleman tell-ing him what a Fine I^jdy his Mama isA he hoped lie would be a good Boy &behave exceedingly well to her, myyoung master gave this spirited unswer.•1 know my Mama is \u25a0 One Lady, butshe would he a much finer ifshe was aDaughter of Liberty.' " Even so ardenta patriot as John Adams stirred thetemper of a Daughter of Liberty when hecalled for tea in her house. "Is it lawfulfor a weary traveller to refresh himselfwith a dish ••: tea. provided it has beenhonestly smuggled or paid no duties?"says John with a discrimination whichwas highly praiseworthy. "No, sir,"answered his hostess; and we can al-most hear the tartness in her tone— "w*<have renounced all tea in this place, butI'llmake you coffee." No doubt honestJohn swallowed the snub with the coffee.

One of the excellent feature of thisvolume is Its careful correction of i>opu-lar Impre.-sions concerning "thingswhich ar'n't ajp," errors, in fact, whichdie hard. •'••'\u25a0 go on statins, for ex-ample, that the famous lanterns whicliPaul neve,. bad arranged to have huil

-in th. North Church »twp|t> as a slg!nal to Hancock and Adams that th*British were on the way to capturethem were placed there by the sexton.Robert Newman. it was not Newmanwho hung them thrre. but .Revere**

.-lose friend. Captain John Pullinc, whoua* a vestryman of the churclC j\

statement hy his gr«-at-rrand»on is• '!••" in the^e page*:'T.i- Mritbh

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'-ii'iion of their KcntYh-

'.us the hou»e M find htm. und how ha

Her Fighting Days nnd SomtOther*.

OU) BOSTOX.

Mr.Nicholsons attempt to break away

from the atmosphere of make-believe In

which his "House of a ThousandCandles" was built and played its ad-venturous part cannot be pronounced anunqualified success. Realism docs notappear to be his field, at least not yet.For one thing, the setting of "The Lordsof High Decision." Plttsburg. upon whichconsiderable stress has been laid by thepublishers in announcing the book, Is

handled ineffectively; much more shouldhave been made and could have beenmade of this important centre of ourindustries, which has created no muchthat is worth while in the world of art.

whose social existence is as yet almostunknown territory in our fiction, whoaamiph{y "Lords of Hiph Derision" be-come better known to us only after they

have forsaken it to take up their abodeelsewhere amoug us. The young heroone readily recognizes; he is of thereckless breed that occasionally startlesthe country nith unexpected escapades,casting a shadow on Pittsburgh fairfame, but fortunately lie rises to th»occasion placed before him by the au-thor, and turns over a new leaf. Poten-tially this is a powerful story, ifnot al-ttgether an agreeable one; in executionIt falls far below its possibilities. Itstands in need of both elaboration and•pulling together." and therefore fulls ofmaking the impression aimed at.

"They" are three children, two ofthem a young man and a girl nearlyready to enter upon life: "I" is theirfather and the narrator of Mr. Jerome'snew story, which is by way of beinghumorous in Mr. Jerome's well knownmanner. The manner consists mainlyof starting to tell a story and then wan-dering off into reminiscence.*", anecdotesand comments on thing? ingeneral. Thestory begun here, which bobs up everyonce Ina while to furnish a new pointof departure, is concerned with a houseir. the country which "I" has bought,and the improvements that can be madeIn it to make it nearer to his dreams.Which conflict generally with the viewsof his elder daughter. The youngerone. be it added, is a very modern childIn her own. atari childlike way. There"is «lso a Mr*. "I." who Is greatly inter-ested in the young architect who hasbeen called in to look over the house,interested in him. that is. through andon behalf of her elder daughter. Mr.Jerome flows on in his usua. way. whichis amusing here and there, but veryobvious and painfully labored most ofthe time. The bits of philosophy whichhe introduces rather freely are neitherprofound nor original. However, heknows his English audience, which 13 alarge one. and appeals, one would think.with greater frequency and confidenceto its sense of the ridiculous than to itssense of humor.

pany alone had authority n?t«T a fa*hlonr.nd '\erto»i It after a fashion whereverIts Interests wero. concerned; the 9<?ennd.the period of the cominß of MV

"'"'order and the early «»ttlcrs. and of therailroad, which drove before jt thepioneers to live the old. free life \u25a0 anew s"lvedg» of civilization furthernorth, or turned th«m into peaceful, rro-s»i- citizens. Some of these stories were

written loner «ca In the early day*°'

their author's 'air. others are of a

later literary vintage of his. but. while

all are readable, and reproduce in fullmeasure the clamour of Ktrsntre places

and people that lias." after all. been madequite familiar to us by much tellina; andretcllinc through many years, none call-for particular comment. They are char-

acterized by a certain technical facility,

by high lights and dark shadows, thesimple, direct contrasts of lives lived inprimitive conditions. "Northern Lights"

is like good ma»a«ine nctlon (which issufficiently rarei In that it fully repaysa first readme, but is not likely to de-mand a second one.

Mr». Goodvfaft .lvlisbtfnl storr will .-bain

An abwrbtDs si,,rv. ToM Id ibf first i.n— «,fho im.« ruuMutl.- ,*ri,^ In Iluzlhh an.iAm«-irau history.— f'nnhlcncc Tribunr.

Thf book is chnnuinrly written ami OeMTTti a prominent i»la«. ,„, \i^c;<KHlnin* list of WMMUMIFra;»r< aro ml!.pPl'mmtnt l>la<*°n Mrs>

Illustrated in vohr by Later ilalph. Cloth *7 oOLITTLE.BROWN &COMPANY, Publishers. Boston

tble." Toward him. indeed, she was l»v-alty ;ta*lr and it is. perhapp. useless •«look to hT for anything likeiwell ba i

-sT>oe«< portrait of Talleyrand. She «a*

I•:•"• MM "i» to the riairter ride ofhi* nature vr lel*eratelj- adjusted it ta

"i«r »ff<f!io!i»;te <:onceptlon of him. ar-T-*i>a*»Tijt th*dubious ••v«-nts Jn his eare<T

ii. \u25a0 perspective flj^-d to puit hrrseif.Th she war a cr»»aturr of too keen atr.eniitlty. a spectator of VSm too 'rank

\u25a0nd too humorous, to turn any man<hsra«tf~r. er-en her uncle, into h jilasterim*ge. N^ne of lis Mo -rap,l»«-ni hasttfcinted turn more humttnly than in-

the I>»r«v««' de Dino, as v-itn<!-- ThisajajmatnaT anecdote:

M d«- T*i!lejT»Ti<l tnld mr \ esterri»> that""hen he jroi rid «>f lilk pne^i'^ «irders hefrit un inaiiiillnsi.i daalre litnctw h duel.He »pent twi» whole monthi- dllisemly

l»j»iklnK for a quarrel, and fixed <>?i the I»urA' '"aFtriei.. « hr> was both narrow -minde-l•ii4 h«t-iem|»ered. «• «!if niiiiiino^r tikelvi«i c»aitfv l.jni. The\- »pr<" lK>t*: memlifrj

\u2666»' t]*«'!'rti «1c E«'he<-fi. Hlid .nit- da'- wjienibrx »Tr boih ttierf M. <V- «"aMrW !^e-C«ri t« read stood * pamphlet acaitivt theminority r>f tlie n«bility. M. d»- Talleyrand

by thnught be Mr Ins < lian'-e. hlid regiies:e«lM <»• Cantriea to ftop reMdins »h*i «mj>

replied thai at a > lub e\er\ lK»d.'.' n»is:l:t i~ea<l«r «!•» *~h»t ;.«• i,;«j-»-'1 ••\'rr\ well." saiaM. «!• Talleyrand. and T'Ui>'it:s him»elf at• TTie.trii»- table w»r M. <Ie Ca*trt-*f. he•eattered the fiifx^n Jvmj: o»i it with !•«•

T*ti'-H n<»^se m in drawn *-ntir»-lv the rotoa«f ib*reador. \ qunrrc! t*e«>ni».'" inevitable.and M. «1e TfclleyrJtud r»« deilßllleU. DBt11. "\u25a0 rastney only fltis-hed anri frop.-ned.fTlls^e«^ his readme, and Jefi the «-hib T.ith-eirt «a'"tns' \u25a0njthmc. ProbaS.lv for him ii.*• raDcynON could not ceare to as apriest.

T!;e devntion «f the I»uchesse to Tal-Jerranfl is Nt times almas* touching in

Jts srtleys saarcrft! Obviously he was.t»» her rt^tty nearly the greatest man in

the w^rlrt and certainly the dearest. <>n»i»iipassage itiMa public life ah* dwells

with the most engaging solicitude. It

1k for *-i;araple. dflichtful to steerr* h'-rappreciation of Baaas in'-idents In I>»ndon

which i«:cgeKt to her a -\u25a0\u25a0• in high

Charter* <« Veep t!ra st the F.nrll'hcourt. But the PbcSmsM de I»in<» wasne\-er lh<» \u25a0woman to inbor a subject. She

dawa not nak becoming a bore by talkingto*, niti'a about her liero. In fact, the

rrrst merit of her memoir? re-Fiies intheir variety, in the touch-and-go man-ner she adopts in the treatment d tlmttrtl*lant life in which *h»* carried herselfan well.

In \u25a0 fUah saw makes u« see her inter-esting canterniMjrariefi. She *hows us the«!flerl>- Tillers, a little \u25a0übaiTiaand. butvery hf.ppy. In his marriage to a girl of•irtecn. i»h» shows us the Dui;e of \YeJ-!:ngtou. exercising the "hot»eyt commonsaajsj for which Ffce appears chiefly to•dmire him. and atone with her numer-«hjs asaai alaaff pwrtta.lt*ah* presents -any

number of inc>rnrarable vignettes ofwomen. Kh»* I- capital on .'\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0

Li'"V«-n. ti'ltli whom »\u25a0!»*• cJtraj's remained«in friendly terms, \u25a0•.'\u25a0 *<i twfaasaacaau-lated traits the had m. illusion* whiit-*-vrr. Les* spiteful tbae the <"ountef«s aaHoifftie. «he nererthe4e«a .an be a littletart. Inone «if her tioten an the cross*

iurT»'nth: «if «'c»urt sreiet;.- in I>mdon sheMtj>: "The Ptiim-*^ de Lie\-en. by cul- (iivatina; firni L*dy Hertford and then).*d Con; nghuin. oml It* f*i*<mof hrrtltinnrt*. tthich I>fi Ilie fururitc fiximjmi'ii'i \u25a0»'/• «• a tint!, manact-ci to cet \into the Kttig* intimate circle, and thus j»he contrived to get ev»-n •\u25a0 \u25a0•' the IZster- ,hazy*, rhore pleasant manners, great jji^sftjojiatrd family «^oniiection« nature!- |

'\u25a0> btoufht them nearer la the throne." \Ttaif, tri<t>ur»se. U mere tjltle-tsttle. It.it jit it- *utb"tjti.-und tlierefi»-e ncni-fali!*. jPy innumerabl*- little tovcSvt of this M»rt :

rr>«> l*ii--he*>-e preserves for us 'fie form ;•r.d fT/""""' k'r time. Her «»v»n «-lmi-

\u2666 rter if. I«•«.'. 11l l»suTe \u2666liall ««iIH

at lawa* Ccet'nr ttwrit*. Itis rcfrMhins I

knows it is saturated in historic mem- jone*, but of tlie precise significance ofli"»^ he bat little knowledge. Small IMaine to him if his imagination fails Ihim. It is fnirly sttinned by the tre-mendous atmosphere enveloping Romeand her surroundings. But let h<m takeProfessor Lanciani as his guide. This jdistinguh-hed scholar long since showed ius how archaeology may be brought iwithin the a<-ope <if the general reader.He is rich in learning, but he never loses Isight of the human interest in his nub- !ject. In the present volume he has had !the happy idea of traversins the Cam- !aMCBm In the company, *.. to say. of this jor that renowned personality— Horace or

'Hudriiin. Cicero or PUny the Younjr*-r. iThus, while he talks of memorable ruins ;and recovered masterpieces of Orerk or jRoman sculpture, he endeavors to expose !the Bu<-iai conditions under which theset!:in« had their origin. He treats at theoutset of tlie immemorial question offever in the Campacna. shewing that it

'

VBB not always the deadly scourge whichwe know it to have Unn through long IIK-rlods. He s|«*aks of daya under the |Kpublic. and later, when, as lie says.

'the Campagna must have looked "like a !great park, studded with \ilia«»-s. aataaa, i• .<it*««-a. lordly residences, temples, Ifountains and tombs."

He points out. to*.. that when the richRoman aoucht repose in rummiT r.-ttculd not j;o very far from tn* city, but Ihad to build his villa on the dopes of itliOM- hills which rim t!.. <'ampagna."Travelling in ancient time!, waw M,un.comfortable ami aa dangerous." he Nay*, j"for want of mail service, "1 |<t>Mt.i and ;telegraphic arrangements, and of hotel

'accommodation, from brigandage and jfrom the bteepne-s i.f •untain roadx. !that private families, no matter hotv ;wealthy und how much mi. lined with the irpirit of the tourist, shrank from under- !takirsß lonii and tedious journ uule^k \u25a0

iinjrclietl by Out;- or on an official mi;:- .j-iiin." Hrnce, the .-<-:«! |jf». whicjj i« j<ieiir-ril«e»i in this book fleTdojted on the Itrince of the Cjunjuigna. \u25a0ni'-titii \u25a0. jv.Minn it» rarro^e > t limits, Si<. :>l«a •

Iunder :?* •tmoSphcTß. Me -^f ,-§ vivid Iid<-ji of what it «*•» like in the chapter |

4liti!le«l "Tile I.Mild of Unrac"," Whfre- ;

in taa author i»i«rtraj» lh« tle\cr lady ]

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TJIODA OF THK TNDKRC.nOLND. By'

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Tin: demagogue. wibiib**

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THEY AVI- I. By Jerome K. *•£»"*\u25a0Krontispi"- <•. i^mo. Pr •\u25a0"• I'o^'l.

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The plot of 'My Lady of the South." a

tale of adventure, would serve M well fir

almost any other historical period and

almost any other country— which doesn<v prevent it from being folly as +*-

citing and romantic in the settinc Cbosenby the author, Urn mountains of Ten-

nenso«>. where a blood feud rages. The

title will suffice to indicate that a North-ern pol<]i»r is the hero: one expects that

kind of fate for a "Lady of the South"in a story of the Civil War. the reverse

for a lady of the North, and would be

disappointed if things did not turn out

tliitt way. Adventures begin to befallthe hero the moment he is left woundedwithin the Confederate lines after a de-

feat. The possessor of important in-formation regarding the enemy's plans,

he is delayed in their transmission to

his chief by the lady, whom an escorts

in th* dark of night across the moun-tains to a remote manor house, imper-

sonating a Confederate officer. He suc-

ceeds in reaching headquarters, Iitent

out in command of a scouting party, ismade prisoner in the manor house, ac-

cused of an atrocious feud murder and

saved from Instant death by the lady,

whereupon heitins a series of mysterious

murders in the house, which he attempts

to solve, amid the alarums of guerilla

warfare, in which he must needs takepart. It is all cleverly planned, and car-ried

•rd c" with the vim nece«sary to

make the story "go" from becinninc to

end.

Ohio . .-.,«. scene of Miss Kelly's tale

of a conflict b»nf»"!: love and duty la

the days of the underground railroad.The heroin* is a member of a householddivided acainst itself. she and bar fatliT

IvMne active Abolitionist*, her mother aSoutherner who is k^pt in icnorance of

their work in I"half of the fujfitive

slaves, bcr sister a pronoaoced advocate•if the (aw «»f slavery, and her suitoris a slave owner. whos«> fortune «U'pcnd*upon the fruit of their bar The pr««t

Issne •if that pi-rio*l is vi\idly pr**sont»-«i

in its narrower, ]>er?onal Ix-srinjr, itsdirfH-t relation to th« itniixMan lives ofmen and women, and it cives a good

picture: of the devices and ways, the suc-cesses, failures and dancers of th?

friends of the Degra in their efforts toforward the "goods" to Canada. A bankwhirh will make excellent readinc forolder girls, it is so sane and sound in it?presentation of a case of young and en-thuslustie conscience exposed to the lureof first lore, so convincingly on the side••' character and the risht.

The iradinß characters in "The Dema-propu*-." a story of American nationalpolitics, are SO thinlydisguised that nonerun fail to re«-ornir«* the originals fromwhich they are drawn, or. ii. the recog-nition, to •mil to ail.l in the proper placethe proverbial plncfa of ami! to the s*n-nationul dish set l>«fore him. The dema-gogue, as preliminary announcements ofthe book have sufficiently informed us, isthe owner "f a chain of yellow papers.who. will)the aid of their appeals to themasses, seeks to »*»nire the nominationfor the Presidency, supplementing theirInfluence with the most tellina; of all•practical" political arguments— freei:se of his great wealth. He purchasesdelegates everywhere; he buys the bossOf New York, but its District Attorneycrnnot be bought, and becomes his chiefopponent. MixeM with Mm facts of re-cent political history, hut slightly resr-ranped. then- is a good measure of melo-

dramatic fiction. The story is readableIn a way. because it nerves up the fainil-lnr in highly colored, unfamiliar guise;r.nd. of rourm a 'Toman a clef" alwayshas its attractions for the curious, but"The t>emaKUßU*-" has no claim to tieadded to the short Hal of our iiolitlcalnovels of the first rank, two of which, bythe nay— 'T'emocracy" and "The Hon.Peter Ktirlinß"-k»e«r the imprint of thepublishers of this baak

"Nortliem Lights" i« .i collection ofnevrntern storl« j. yf th»-<';»-at Northtrost.(i'lilil with two Oiffer'-tit periods <if itspast; Mai first, wttti the ii.li.ii:. thetrapper, il»«* ti>"i the *uh>~x>t unA theoutlaw, in tlie d«.V3 b*-fnr»- Hi- nrK:tiur.u-

tlt«n of :lt* terrlt«r> l»v th" Kovernmetilnnd the ••mint ••! fh< Mounted Fv»ll«-/>.the a*.* \v:im thy Hudson's Day Com-

Nfm Stork*. Monthf of Amer-ican Life.

FICTION.

irKtlr**Init chnrrr»!nc type-, "r^celvincIer a*u<-«t« on th« terrace o»'cri<*»klng •'»

prrdr>!c*.' where inhi of \u25a0 »i!"s and

bunches of violets m«0o Hip ail re<l'«l«r.twith tlie scent of May." Sli» c«v them—

prol'»t>l brewlns It In Jusi such ft

curious samovar as the author illus-trates fr«nn an antique discovered nrarI>rrarina

—a drink eonsUUn£ of hot

•water f!isvore<l with spice* or i»rnmati.'l«erl»!». servina: with it. or separately.

Rf>it>« wine. Her ri»*'Sts nmu'H them»»>lve«. too. with enmes and occasional-ly p'ajed tennis. Rut chiefly, we may

imagine, the* a Human WIN is would valueCynthia** conversation. "Ev« i;oc|ctj'

small talk would become a dainty mu-fical phrase when uttered by her lip*.

and would < all forth pretty speeches inreturn."

\u25a0With repeats excursion* nmonp thenotabilities of thoso majestic days Pro-frsjior iJinclanl enlivens his trxt andftllf* the ancient '"ampa^na with a kindof familiar movement. But he in. of

cours<\ the Rr«J»-nt r.-hieolr a;ißt. the con-noisseur of plartlc and nrchltoeturalbeauty, and his book, which is lavishly

illustrated with work* of art. contain*rr.uch scholarly and kindling discourseon these matters. He Is enthusiastic,

tew*, on the natural beauties of the Cam-pagna and lincera to pay a special trib-

ute to that family of the Fede which, in

the earlier years of the eighteenth cen-

tury, planted thoa*- cypresses which are

the glory of Hadrians villa at Tlvoll.Ho speak*, by the way. of the carewhich for twenty years he «avf to the

olive proves there. They almost coveredthe expense of repairs and excavationswith the proceeds or the crop. Of latethe tree? have been neglected, a factto which he alludes with a sorrow hl3readers will *hare.

_nvoldfd couture by her concealing him .under rs empty wtnebutt In th»- cellar, jll*e«M«pfd from n«>ston In» mall skiff, jwhile the RHttstl Ia<i aaaavaalaa. by dl;«-

'Cuisine hhn.«»ir as .•» DNlMtrinsa: w:i<» |cliallencd while iwasinc under thi»

n*ws«T of a RritUh man-..f «a- andlan«le«l on Nantasket t^ach.- Won- tii.lnever- c^t the new. of the Britishptana? Mr* Whtrler. an old lar};

-r,h-,

Htlll lives in Hngton. has asvurea the au-thor that ahe is the on?r *ur\lvinc

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\u25a0ntraw of run Dvmnssn oepino.p'lfrntri \u25a0n<4>»aaf •> • TallryTift <ie S«*ra»i. I*ti-ifci*.. '".dMeH withn«te» and bi«airan*iW-al Ind*x. by therniKnn n«<izi»Ul \u25a0!.*» fimtellan*- >TVJUi ?*li«tncr»vurr frontlnpieee. »x«».r-p s«>- t'fcarle* acrlboers Sons.

Header? of I'^nct. memoirs—

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Jolc* in the publication of an English

v^rylon*of the l>nch»-s?e de r>ino*« fas-iI—Una "Ohronlque." the first three vol-

«m«t «< which have already tv*en eue-easaiT^fy traversed in the letters of ourr*rl*correspondent. Th*- work M Mmi"far print«d IB the original carries th«

record down to IFSO. Probably the re-maining maaa of material, covering ar*"rlod of aeaae ten or twelve > oars, willrequire at leart two more volumes. Fire.\u25a0II lalC -will not be ton many, for thiswitty niece <if Talleyrand* had an un-unwal opportunity! to observe European

a»»ctet\ fmm the Inside- in a richly in-teresting period, \u25bahe had a true gift for•n«cdot« aad a*» act down her impres-sions with tuet the right touch. TheM«m of the memoir* of the Countess•c Boijme. which the Seribner? recentlybrought out. will doubtless be repealed

In the case of the present work. At anytalc, it it to bt» hoped that th* publisherswillbe a» encouraged as to give us everyline written by the Duchess de, Dine.

She baa comparatively little to amyabout herself la the opening volume ofher memoirs, but It is not difficult to re-alize, her personality at the time whichto her© described, the time of Talley-

rand* aetbaaay in London. A charmingminiature., which serves as frontiEp'**ce.»hows graceful &nd vividly Intel!ic«rtMMbTM. £tct«een the lines of her can-did end diaroratv* notes one roay discerntha rood breeding, the tact, the unforcedtlevcTncßs. which made her indifpen-\u25a0atte ts the household of her uncle.Late in th» volume the, ha» occasion to

apaaat of the anxiety by which e!ie wasconfronted when, fettled once more atVaienc*-. «he heard that the Princessea> Ta,Ueyrand was nearinc her end Th«ill heaJth of the lady's husband madeher laarfui at shocking him by the news.«•» took prodigious pains about tellinghim. bat lav first remark* were receivedin flaaaaoo. and tUea It- changed the sub-ject. She adds:

N*«Aay, bowevrr. lie retUTTied jo r but•aaT to rrJer 10 the efaamfTa>*mient :t xiou<dhr i» b« inmourntnjr if •\u2666>• <lid die, of thexuncral. ana of «>«• <*rc^tt>«t would be ce::t*>ut. If th* Prim-ens did Cle. bi \u25baaid. ne••wulC co out of Tans lor h. week or a forvtuatu ana... not uuly withoutany trme«> of crief. but even in a t««ie ofotn-tou* relief. J!e inim*'uUl*\u2666*! nrm-eedVd\u25a0 #\u25a0

•— an •\u25a0- flnanr-iml quetrti'nis of Im-j«ort«nee which mrm lnvo!%'ed in hiii wltr'mo'tth. »!ilr!ivouM r»jx»- him not oiuyof her •nnmty. but atao of <-itli*T moners tn"•tilcli •.»>\u2666• hue only m lif^mter»"rt. All tlie•«*t of th« day V d* T*!leyrand Kti»««>-.i akind *>f p*rrnity an, pay*ty »lji«-h 1 have>*<** >>«n la him for a Ion? time, and whichunirfc rue no much that \rhrn t heard litrapo»lt:vriy humtnlns a tune Icould not li»-)p• \u25baktnjr him "jf •••«\u25ba•»-•-•.\u25a0•• he m; »•"«mi ii» jv n wi<]n«f>r th»t juit him tn Fxivit•pint*

"H*nuia> a f»r« >,» m» lik«- a mii'-

<-hiM-ou* rhilfl. »nrt wetit «»»• talkme «t»outm.] th»re would he to do :f the Princess•

W to <!I*.

Th» r>uche«?e saw nothing callou* Intrie Banal man> b*liavtar. "Doubtless... •.- . -r<« hi* aaVaf in tl.e prospect :>f•Ting• bond *napt "which M th*«"M#«rt pea ndal of hie life because itvim* the only onf nhiih nas irremedia-

to note her »cir-p«ia»>aatoti anil ready nitIndealing with the uneonsHonsble Lady

Holland. Th* latter tri«*d oner, in her

mnu» and Impertinent way. to annoy

her by i.iluriinc to an Indiscreet remarkvlMme. de I'lahMUt

•on the French Min-istry. "Of course," replied the iMicheaaa.~it m you ho told M. «|e Talleyrand

•til the nasty thin** she w«» saying."I)««cid*>dly. Talleyrand* niece was worthyof her uncle and knew very well ho™.- totak« care of herself

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