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...Some Examples of Recent Art," by J. Rougier, Jules Breton, T. T. Hennen, G. Rochegrosse, J. Dupre, Jules Le Febure, H. Delacroix, Achislle Fould...
...Armistead, F. H. Bartlett, N. W. Bingham, F. H. Bigelow, A. Dyrenforth, F. L. Dunlap, A. M. Eaton, J. L. Grandin, Jr., M. G. Gonterman, B. B. Howard, F. L. Hardenbrook, L. T. Hildreth, P. da S. Prado, L. W. Redpath, H. R. Storrs, J. D. Towner, I. Breton, H. G. Brooks, F. R. Lewis, J. A. Neal, C. H. Warren...
Renan was of mixed Celtic and Gascon blood, and inherited the traits of both. From the Celtic or Breton side he had his deeply imaginative and conservative qualities and from the Gascons his light and vivacious nature. He received his early education in a Breton Roman Catholic seminary, where thought was simple and religion sincere. From there he went to Paris, where he found everything more gorgeous and splendid and less real and earnest. To complete his education he went to another seminary, where he first learned that he was not a Christian in the real sense of the word...
Provence had had only a few stock themes, and, even in treating these, no room had been given for the play of individual traits. France on the other hand, drew the material of her poetry from the history of Rome, of Franks, and of Breton's alike, and was also considerably influenced by the satirical cast of mind the Crusaders found present in the Orient. All these civilizations, each with its distinct ideals made their influence felt in the formation of French poetry and have given it a breadth, variety, and richness that make it the first truly cosmopolitan literature...
...Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has another memorial poem entitled, Whittier (Dying.)" The rest of the number is occupied - among other things, by "Some Breton Folk-Songs," Sociology in the Higher Education of Women," and the "Two Programmes of 1892" - which is a review of the political platforms during the present campaign. The fiction of the number includes "Mr. Jolley Allen," Margaret Deland's "Story of a Child," Crawford's "Don Orsino," and the "Withrow Water Right...