Word: chateau
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...historical questions connected with them. As the founder of the "Societe de l' Orient Latin," as a prolific author, and as a keen learned expert in the study of manuscript, he has done more than any other modern writer to advance our knowledge in this field. At his chateau in the Valadis where he passed his summers, he had gathered a great library of books relating to the subject of his studies, and it is the portion of this collection relating to the Crusades and the history of the Latin East that has now been bought for the Harvard Library...
...awkwardly albeit, like a half-trained bear. The interesting question was how long would the chain hold?" The chain did not hold long, and in telling why it did not, and in his description of the development of Dufont's character and of the dramatic scenes in the old chateau of Monmarcel, Mr. Smith exhibits much power...