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THIS, as its name suggests, is an intelligent survey of the principles and practice of seduction. Taking up scientifically a phase of amour that is familiar to most people above the fladging stage, Miss Hahn succeeds in outlining the popular methods of persuasion and in appending to them trenchant comments. Her attitude is impersonal and amoral. The result is a neat little book that is exquisitely humorous. No home, we venture to advise, should be without a copy...

Author: By Albert G. Churchill, | Title: Notes On A Gentle And Delicate Art | 5/8/1930 | See Source »

...flesh and blood. To write is to make love. I place the senses higher than the brain. I should like all my books to provide the same pleasure as a woman gives. I have five senses and I use them all." Other books: Sur La Fleuve Amour (The River Amour), Cholera, Les Cinq Sens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Road to St. Helena | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

...organization was founded in 1901 by Henri Casadesus in order to preserve literature and instruments that were growing obsolete. The five instruments to be heard tonight are quinton, played by Marius Casadesus, viole d'amour, played by Henri Casadesus: viole de gambe, played by Mme Lucette Casadesus basse de viole played by Maurice Devilliers and claveein played by Mme Regina Patorni-Casadesus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARIS ORGANIZATION GIVES CONCERT IN PAINE TONIGHT | 1/9/1930 | See Source »

Fuyon tous d'amour le jeu (Early French Folk Song) Orlando LassusIrish Tune from County Derry (British Folk Tune) Percy GraingerNow is the Month of Maying (Old English Dance) Thomas MorleyWassail Song (Early English Carol) Arranged by R. Vaughan William

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SMALLMAN A CAPPELLA CHOIR TO SING TONIGHT | 11/13/1929 | See Source »

...cool blonde 24 years older than Chéri. When Léa invited the youth to come with her to the country he brought along his Renouhard runabout, saying, "I'll pay for the gasoline but youll pay for the chauffeur's meals." Through their subsequent seven-year amour, Léa remained in Chéri's eyes no more than a means to his own pleasure, unmixed with tenderness. Result: noticing Léa's age in her face after a short separation, he left her as he would a cage, returning to his young wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Paris Reads | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

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