Word: provinciales
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Vol. 7. The Provincial Governors in the English Colonies of North America. By E. B. Greene '90, professor of history in the University of Illinois. 1898.
From 1646 to 1658 Moliere lived the miserable life of a provincial actor. The hardships which he had to undergo embittered him, and this very bitterness taught him to reflect. These twelve years were of incalculable benefit to Moliere, for in them he thoroughly mastered his profession of writer and...
The second of Mrs. Catherwood's studies in provincial France is entitled a A Little Domestic, and is a charming picture of peasant life. The second instalment of F. J. Stimson's Pirate Gold is full of dramatic interest.
Other features of the issue are "The Country of the Pointed Firs," a short story by Sarah Orne Jewett; "The Johnson Club," being an entertaining description by George Birkbeck Hill of the meetings of Johnson enthusiasts; a sketch of provincial life by Mrs. Catherwood,"A Farm in Marne;" "Children of...
In the year 1137, Elinor, grand-daughter of William IX of Aquitaine, married Louis VII of France. The marriage was not a happy one. It was ended by a divorce allowed on the grounds of propinquity, she being his cousin seven times removed. Being freed thus, Elinor was again married...