The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Gasparin, Valérie Boissier, Comtesse de

GASPARIN, Valérie Boissier,, French author: wife of A. E. de Gasparin (q.v.): b. Geneva, Switzerland, 13 Sept. 1813; d. near Geneva, 1894. Two of her works obtained the Montyon prize at the Academie Française: &lsquo;Marriage from the Christian Point of View,&rsquo; and &lsquo;There are Poor in Paris and Elsewhere.&rsquo; Among her other publications are &lsquo;Journey in the South by an Ignoramus&rsquo;; &lsquo;Let's Go Make a Fortune in Paris&rsquo;; &lsquo;A Book for Wives&rsquo;; &lsquo;Read and Judge&rsquo; (strictures on the Salvation Army), and &lsquo;The Near and the Heavenly Horizons.&rsquo; Several of her books were translated into English, the last named being read very widely in America in its English form.