“It’s rather a dim, inconclusive sort of story, the heroine being particularly dim.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 404. Je. 17, ‘05. 360w. |
“The author ... keeps a quiet control over her material, and produces a decidedly interesting and valuable study of character development.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 190. My. 20, ‘05. 180w. |
“The lack of a villain, the complex psychology and rarefied philosophy carry no great appeal to the multitude, but the reflections will attract the thoughtful, and the musical interpretations charm the initiated.”
| + | Reader. 6: 359. Ag. ‘05. 210w. |
Brooks, Geraldine. Dames and daughters of the French court. [**]$1.50. Crowell.
These women, who for brilliancy, courage, charm, and occasionally intrigue, cannot be surpassed have been much written about as salonists, and literary successes, but the personal side of their lives has been omitted. These sketches aim to supply the inner view, and trace the motives and formative influences from their source. In the group are Madame de Sevigné, Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, Madame Roland, Madame de Staël, Madame de Rémussat, Madame Le Brun, Madame de Lafayette, Madame Geoffrin, Madame Recamier, and Madame Valmore.
“About these women ... much has already been written, and better written than in the present volume.”
| — | Critic. 46: 187. F. ‘05. 70w. |