From the French of ANDRÉ THEURIET.
(FORMING No. II. OF "A COLLECTION OF FOREIGN AUTHORS.")
16mo. Paper covers, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
As exquisite in its form, color, and delicacy, as a choice piece of Sèvres porcelain."--Literary World.
"This lovely idyl of French provincial life introduces to the notice of American readers Theuriet, one of the most quietly enjoyable among modern French novelists, and one who holds rank among the highest for his portraiture of the charms of country landscapes, and the sweet peace and happiness clustering around country-life."--Providence Journal.
"Its chief merit lies in the admirable skill with which it is told, the skill in apt narration, which seems to be a birthright of all Frenchmen, and which men of other races never fail to admire, and never succeed in imitating."--New York Evening Post.
"There is much charm in the narrative, the characters are vigorously sketched, the descriptive portions, especially of out-door life, are picturesque and animated, and the whole is distinguished by grace and delicacy."--Boston Gazette.
"'Gérard's Marriage' is as exquisite of its kind as Tennyson's 'Princess,' and its moral is that of the old song, 'Love will find out the way.'"--New York Express.
"The use of these simple materials is so artistic, and the story is so deftly told, that the book is delightful from beginning to end."--Detroit Post.
"The story is pleasant, the characters drawn with that light, firm touch, peculiar to a Frenchman; the colloquy, if not brilliant, always to the purpose, and about the whole there plays a poetic light that is not the less charming because it is so wholly French."--New York World.
"André Theuriet excels in the painting of rural scenes, and the skillful management of romantic comedy."--Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"The story is told, particularly the trials of the lovers, with great vivacity and brilliancy, in which particulars the French seem to excel all other nations."--Boston Commonwealth.
"Affords a charming illustration of the exceeding elegance, refinement, and delicacy, that mark the romances of André Theuriet, one of the most graceful and popular French novelists of the present time."-- Providence Journal.