Translator of Balzac's Novels.
First Series
A Saint.
M. Legrimaudet.
Two Little Boys:
1. M. Veples' Brother; 2. Marcel.
Second Series
Maurice Olivier.
A Gambler.
Another Gambler.
Jacques Molan.
A Lowly One.
Corsèques.
The title suggests the character of the stories, which are, for the most part, miniature studies of men and women, done with exquisite grace and with no little power. M. Bourget is just now one of the foremost figures among contemporary French writers. He is a critic as well as a novelist.—Christian Union.
2 volumes. 16mo. Cloth. Each, $1.00.
A SAINT. By Paul Bourget.
From the "Pastels of Men." Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. With 12 illustrations by Paul Chabas.
12mo. Parchment. $1.00.
The "saint" is an old monk who lives with only two others in one of those old monasteries in Italy which, since the government decree, have gradually fallen into disuse. It is a beautiful little story, in which we are taught the lesson of Christ's manner of dealing with those who are tempted and go astray, and are brought back into the right path.—Boston Times.
M. Bourget is a master of literary art; his portraits are drawn with a wonderful distinctness, and with a realism that is as true to the possibilities of human nature as it is fascinating.—Boston Home Journal.