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A century and a half ago the ladies of France, their skirts shining like inverted sprays of silver in the light of many candles, looked over their fans at a crumbling world and at gentlemen who took snuff, with elaborate and effeminate gesture, from small, silver boxes. In the rooms...
? The works of Honore de Balzac fill 40 volumes, comprising 116 titles. Anatole France filled 40 volumes. Horatio Alger published 57 full-length stories. Robert Louis Stevenson's works occupy 32 volumes; the 43 titles by Charles Dickens, 20 volumes.
Author Benjamin, describing prodigious doings, allows himself to become infected with the superb extravagance of his subject. He rhapsodizes too readily, too insistently points the salient qualities, too rarely sees the subtleties fused in the character of Honore de Balzac. Mediocre translation has not improved the book which is, all...
Jack Honore, noted University barber, "Perhaps this game will have some effect in relieving the tension and will produce better feeling. I would hardly like to predict a score, but it will probably be large. Upon careful consideration, I might guess that fostering a friendly spirit is not the only...
They were on their wedding trip?Sally and Phil?and having the grandest time imaginable. We met them wandering among the fascinating shops of the Rue St. Honore.