The twenty-six years of the Duchess of Orleans are here sketched with sympathy and insight. The courts of Charles II and Louis XIV, respectively brother and brother-in-law of the unhappy duchess “are here brought before the reader with vivid reality as no romance could reveal them. The characters of the two monarchs, of Madame, and of most of the notables of their time, have fresh light thrown on them by letters preserved in the French ‘Archives du ministères des affaires étrangères’ and documents from state papers on French affairs in the British record office, many of them here published for the first time.” (Outlook.)
“Her work may be recommended to the seeker after diversion and to the historical student alike. Mrs. Ady’s mania for idealizing, while attractive no doubt to many lovers of the beautiful, has the fault of obscurantism.”
| + + − | Nation. 85: 144. Ag. 15, ’07. 1440w. |
“It would be difficult to find a biography less illuminating than this life of the spouse of Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 240w. |
“When the presentation of fact can be made so absorbingly interesting as Mrs. Ady convincingly proves possible in this volume of memoirs, one is tempted to wonder that the demand for fiction exists.”
| + + | Outlook. 86: 744. Ag. 3, ’07. 190w. |
Aegidius, Assisiensis. Golden sayings of the Blessed Brother Giles of Assisi; newly tr. and ed., together with a sketch of his life by the Rev. Fr. Paschal Robinson. *$1. Dolphin press. Phil.
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