One Volume, 16mo, cloth, $1.25.
“An interesting, gossipy, yet instructive little book.”—Academy (London.)
“A very readable and discriminating account of the leading theatres and actors of the French capital.”—Christian Union, (New York.)
“Mr. Matthews has chosen a subject of great interest to most people, and he has the additional advantage of knowing what he is writing about. The chapters on the Grand Opéra and on the Théâtre Français, the two most perfect establishments of the kind in the world, are full of valuable details and statistics.”—Nation.
French Dramatists of the XIXth Century.
By BRANDER MATTHEWS.
1 Vol., crown 8vo, vellum cloth, gilt top, $2.00.
“Mr. Brander Matthews’s studies are made with intelligence and conscientiousness. The characteristics of the work of noted stage-writers, from Hugo to M. Zola, are carefully presented in an entertaining way, while the personality and life of each are not neglected. There is no book from which the English reader can obtain so trustworthy a view of the contemporary French drama, and none surely in which a theme so complex is so pleasantly unfolded. The analysis of the realistic school, its methods and aims, is, in spite of its brevity, an excellent thing, excellently well done. The volume is made up in a manner very creditable to the scholarly tastes of the author. A chronology of the French drama is prefixed, there are valuable notes and references, largely bibliographical, and a good index.”—Boston Traveller.
Two Charming Volumes of Poetry.
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