+ +Putnam’s. 1: 252. N. ’06. 130w.

Bearne, Mrs. Catherine. [Heroines of French society in the court, revolution, empire and restoration.] *$3. Dutton.

7–25682.

“Contains sketches of the lives of four women: Madame Vigée Le Brun, La Marquise de Montagu, Madame Tallien, and Madame de Genlis. Scraps of contemporary history are interwoven; a number of photogravure portraits are scattered here and there; and the whole makes a fairly readable volume.”—Nation.


“The book is one which deserves more attention than we can give it.”

+Acad. 72: 495. My. 18, ’07. 210w.
Ind. 63: 341. Ag. 8, ’07. 260w.

“As an historical study the work has little value; as a group of biographical sketches it adds nothing to what has already been published in a much more useful and entertaining fashion.”

Nation. 84: 310. Ap. 4, ’07. 180w.

“A chatty book, filled with anecdotes and incidents that illustrate the manners, morals, and ideas of the upper classes of France previous to and following the years of the revolution.”