of A Group of New French Novels

KE Pierre Loti, M. Claude Farrère is an ex-officer of the navy; but he resigned on his own accord, while Loti continued his career to the end, retired finally with the rank ptain. It is even said that he y wished to become an al. M. Claude Farrère, whose name is Bargone, was only a enant when he re-entered civil

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other poet of

rème, in a laude pour Nerval."

M. Léo certain ar ticle on "F. which he in

PARIS. vence. There André and Béatrice mentin's "D
knew and loved each other as chil- has really b
dren; and there they meet again mated, but a
many years later, when they can ex-
tres Persar
change only memories and regrets. Taine's "H.
Each of them has been unhappy. ture," Saint
But they had to experience life. and Flauber
"L'engagement" (The Error) is a Anthony."
rather painful episode of the war Daudet is mi
period, an inner drama that M. Ed- are real mast
mond Jaloux makes passable with eral and rati
his finely shaded and delicate psy-pleased. A
chology.
M. Léon Dau
of his party.

- novels were inspired by Fe on the sea with the French leet, and by his stays in the and Far East. They are, perhis best: "Opium Smoke," ized Men," "The Man Who (which is set in Constantibut whose hero is not the Red L Abdul-Hamid M. Claude re, like his master Loti, being at admirer of the Old Turks) The Battle," which, of course, aval battle, between the Japand the Russians.

Claude Farrère was one of the vinners of the Prix Goncourt, re of years ago. His novels, ul- and pulsing with life, are ndously successful. I will not im a popular novelist, for in e this term has taken on a tory meaning, and is used for hors of long stories devoid of or literary worth, like Ponson rrail, Gaboriau, or Xavier de pin. but I will say that M. e Farrère is a novelist who has reat popularity.

new novel, just published, is called "Le Dernier Dieu" The Last God). A novel of firma, for once. This exho henceforth will live in

A magnificent fiction.

From the ATHENÆUM.

One of the most splendid productions among

works of fiction that the age has brought forth.

From the LITERARY GAZETTE.

This extraordinary story, the production of a man of great genius, cannot be classed with any of the works of imagination which have been put forth in these times, so fertile in romance. It is perfectly original in the general conception, as well as in its splendid and powerful eloquence.

From the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

We have risen from the perusal of the volumes before us, just as we have felt after gazing on splendid pictures—listening to thrilling music, or after losing ourselves, and all the sober realities of life, in the absorbing interest of Shakspeare's finest tragedy. Every page is instinct with the energy of passion, or with some glowing picture of romantic grandeur—the tender, the affecting, and the pathetic—the ardent, the heroic, the devoted—all that can excite the highest and most dramatic of our feelings.

There is, we will venture to predict in Salathiel, the germ of perpetuity; it is not destined, like other works of imagination, to be read and forgotten.

From the NEW TIMES.

Salathiel is destined to take a high rank in that class of literature to which it belongs. The reader finds in every page, from the first to the last, the power of a master, and the potency of the spell by which his faculties are held in subjection.

From the WEEKLY REVIEW.

This is a work of very peculiar character. It is, in fact, the autobiography of the Wandering Jew; and contains a history of the troubles, insurrections, persecutions, &c., which supervened in Judea, immediately after the death of Christ. Mr. Croly has well succeeded in depicting the Jewish character and warfare; and has entered with considerable felicity into what it is probable would be the feelings of such a being as the impious and miserable wanderer whose history he writes.

SALATHIEL.

THE IMMORTAL.

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