Aldis, Janet. Madame Geoffrin, her salon and her times. **$2.75. Putnam.
From the journals and letters of friends have been gathered the interesting phases of a unique salonist’s life. Madame Geoffrin was “a homely bourgeoise without rank and connections,” yet able to draw about her kings and princes, dukes and maréchals, in short, the literary, artistic and social lights of all Europe. Aside from being simply a diversion, the book sets forth much economic and social history of the latter half of the eighteenth century.
“The central story is well enough told, though in rather a rambling manner.”
+ – Acad. 70: 282. Mr. 24, ’06. 670w.
“The scraps of information of which it is made up are of exactly the right kind. We cannot commend the style of the book, which is unpleasantly jerky.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 71. Ja. 20. 1340w.
“A most interesting volume.”
+ + Critic. 47: 573. D. ’05. 100w.
“It is an extremely vivacious and interesting throng of men and women that pass before us in the pages. The author is an amiable and communicative cicerone.”