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 FRENCH NOVELISTS
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BY WINIFRED STEPHENS WITH A PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE Cr. 8vo, PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS NET. "No book of the spring season will receive a heartier welcome than Miss Winifred Stephens' ' French Novelists of To-day." It provides what thousands of educated readers have long been asking for in vain — a guide to the writings of the great living masters of French fiction. It is evident that Miss Stephens has gathered much of her material in France, and that she has been in contact with the personal as well as the artistic life of the authors described. The biographical passages in each chapter add much to our knowledge, and are obviously compiled from first-hand information. Miss Stephens shows critical powers of a high order. Her accounts of the chief novels are pleasant reading for those already acquainted with the books, while for the beginner they afford a clear, judicious, comprehensive guide. . . . We cannot praise too highly this sparkling and graceful book, which should have a place in the library of every student of French literature. Its practical value is enhanced by the full and careful bibliographies." — British Weekly. "These light chapters will be serviceable in helping the Enghsh reader to realise the personality and work of the writers they deal with." — Times. " The book may be welcomed as a further sign of the progress of France and England towards mutual comprehension. Thanks to its useful biblio- graphies, it will serve as an excellent guide to all those who are anxious to make themselves acquamted with what is best in modern French fiction. . . . The criticism of this book is good, and gains much by its connection with a concise biography of the author discussed. . . . The book may be recom- mended to all English readers of French fiction." — Daily News. " A felicitous and graceful little volume, presenting very adequately the eight French novelists of to-day who are read, criticised, and ?old. . . should be read along with recent essays on French writers by Mr. Edmund Gosse." Daily Chronicle. "... These essays form a useful introduction to modern French fiction. They are, for the most part, well judged and tersely written." Evening Standard. " As a guide to modern French fiction and its authors, this book is useful, especially in its bibliographies." — Daily Mail. "... Miss Winifred Stephens puts her hand to a most welcome and timely undertaking in this book, which will supply English readers with an intelligent introduction to the study of leading French novelists. What she says about the wr ters she selects is excellent." — Daily Graphic. " Miss ^-tephens' primary object was to indicate what contemporary French novels are likely to interest English readers, and on the whole she has suc- ceeded : her book will serve a very useful purpose." Manchester Guardian, JOHN LANE : The Bodley Head, London and New York.