hing of French literature, or of French
literary history or biography. Scarcely any book of recent origin,
indeed, is better fitted than this to win general favor with all
classes of persons."--_N.Y. Evening-Post._

=THIERS= (Louis Adolphe) =Life of.= By Francois Le Goff,
Docteur-es-lettres, Author of a "History of the Government of National
Defense in the Provinces," etc. Translated, from the author's
unpublished manuscript, by Theodore Stanton, A.M. Octavo, with
Portrait, cloth extra. (In Press.)

This book is written especially for the American public by M.
Francois Le Goff, of Paris, a French publicist of the
Conservative-Republican school, who knew Thiers personally and who
is thoroughly conversant with the history and politics of France.
Besides the biographical narrative, which is enlivened by many
fresh anecdotes, the writer attempts to present such a connected
view of French political history for the last fifty years, as will
throw light upon the present crisis in France, so incomprehensible
to most Americans. The work will also be interesting as an able
defense of the unity of Thiers' political life, a position rarely
assumed by even the most ardent friends of the great statesman. It
is illustrated by a fac-simile of his handwriting and autograph, a
view of his home, etc.

=BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES.= First Series. =Contemporary Statesmen of Europe.=
Edited by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

They are handsomely printed in square 16mo, and attractively bound in
cloth extra. Price per vol. $1 50

Vol. I. English Statesmen. By T.W. Higginson.
" II. English Radical Leaders. By R.J. Hinton.
" III. French Leaders. By Edward King.
" IV. German Political Leaders. By Herbert Tuttle.

These volumes are planned to meet the desire which exists for
accurate and graphic information in regard to the leaders of
political action in other countries. They will give portraitures of
the men and analysis of their lives and work, that will be vivid
and picturesque, as well as accurate and faithful, and that will
combine the authority of careful historic narration with the
interest attaching to anecdote and personal delineation.

"Compact and readable * * * leaves little to be desired."--_N.Y.
Nation._

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