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EDELWEISS. A STORY. Translated by ELLEN FROTHINGHAM. One volume. Square
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GERMAN TALES. Translated by C. C. SHACKFORD. Square 16mo. Red cloth,
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Memoirs and Correspondence of Madame Recamier. Translated from the
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"Her own contributions to it are exceedingly brief; but her
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ties--that gave her genius expression; and it is only fair, therefore,
that she should attain immortality, not through the labor of her own
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Life and Letters of Madame Swetchine. By Count de FALLOUX. Translated
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"The social influence both women exercised was good; but, when we
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essentially a worldly woman; whereas Madame Swetchine was 'in the
world, but not of it.' She exerted an immense spiritual as well as
intellectual influence on all who approached her, and raised her
friends to her own level. Madame Recamier made her associates _pleased_
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