This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...niece, Madame Lenormant. Madame Mohl considered it her duty now to come forward and correct certain erroneous impressions which this publication, though written in the most eulogistic spirit, had, she believed, made on the public mind. She accordingly wrote a charming little memoir of her old friend, which appeared ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...niece, Madame Lenormant. Madame Mohl considered it her duty now to come forward and correct certain erroneous impressions which this publication, though written in the most eulogistic spirit, had, she believed, made on the public mind. She accordingly wrote a charming little memoir of her old friend, which appeared first in the 'National Eeview, ' and afterwards in a volume1 with some other sketches of French character and social life. In the preface of the memoir, Madame Mohl says, speaking of Madame Lenormant's Life and Letters: --'The book gave rise in England to so many mistaken judgments and false conclusions, that although, from having spoken French from my childhood, I was ill prepared for the task, yet my friendship for Madame Recamier, and eighteen years of constant 1 Madame Ricamier; with a Sketch of the History of Society in France. By Madame M. Chapman & Hall. 1862. intercourse with her, emboldened me to show her character and the events of her life as they had appeared to me.' Ampere was one of the first to whom she presented her little literary production. In sending it to him she writes: --'I am ashamed of it; but I was possessed by one idea--the small capacity of the public for attention. Then, again, it is the first time that I have felt the pulse of this public. I believe now I was wrong to leave out a good many facts and observations that I had written. I beg you to remember, in reading the book, that it was written for England, where many things are entirely unknown that are known to everybody in France. I don't go the length of saying " a certain poet called Shakespeare," as you accused me of doing here. One or two persons to whom I sent the book have put questions to me that would amaze you. In fact, I am convinced that I ha...
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Add this copy of Madame Mohl: Her Salon and Her Friends to cart. $40.00, very good condition, Sold by Rose's Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harwich Port, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1886 by Roberts Brothers.
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Very Good. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First American edition. 12mo. A study of the intellectual and political social life in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. Green silk binding, gold titles, top edge gilt. 317 pp., frontispiece portrait of Madame Mohl. Purchased directly from the historical collection of one of the USA's oldest libraries and bearing its antique hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate (no library pocket). Slight skew to boards, very nice condition overall.
