“Shows careful and sympathetic study of an influential American.”
+ Springf’d Republican p5a Ja 23 ’21 600w
MOSHER, MRS ANGE (MCKAY). Spell of Brittany. il *$3 Duffield 914.4
20–21069
This volume by an American woman who had lived long in Brittany is devoted largely to its history, traditions and folklore. There are chapters on Madame de Sévigné; Folk-lore and Jeanne de Pontorson; Mont St Michel and its legends; St Malo and Chateaubriand; A folk song of St Malo; Dinard, Dinan and excursions; Félix de Lamennais; The legend and pardon of St Yves; Breton wedding; Brest and the adjacent islands; Audierne, and the legend of Ys; Saints and fairies; Nantes and Anne of Brittany, etc. Among the illustrations are reproductions of paintings. There is an index. The introduction by Anatole LeBraz is in the nature of a memorial to the author, who died in 1918.
“Good print and make-up.”
+ Booklist 17:151 Ja ’21
Reviewed by Margaret Ashmun
+ Bookm 52:345 D ’20 80w