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MARIETTA: A NOVEL.
BY THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE.
Author of 'La Beata,' &c.
'Mr. Adolphus Trollope's novel is worthy of its author's name... ..What constitutes the charm of the book is, that it is a plain and, to all appearance, faithful picture of homely Italian life. Hitherto, when the Italian has been introduced into novels, it has been either as the lovely, but rather doubtful wife of the hero in times gone by, or as the irresistible villain of modern life, or yet again, and worst of all, as the inspired artist in a rhapsodical Art-novel. Here we have the Italian of real life in his home, the fat farmer in his pony gig, the merchant over his counter, the housewife bustling about the kitchen fire, the canon sipping his wine. This is what we want; and it would seem as if here Mr. Adolphus Trollopc has struck out a new path for the novelist ……… We have the domestic life of the Italian, especially as a dweller in towns, painted honestly, with all the local colouring which belongs to it, by a man who knows his subject well. We are glad to have the picture; we should be glad to have other such scenes, if they displayed equal knowledge; and we commend Mr. Trollope's example to novelists who are in want of a subject.'—Times, Sept. 3rd.
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ROADS AND RAILS.
AND THEIR PRACTICAL INFLUENCE ON HUMAN PROGRESS, PAST, PRESENT, AND TO COME.
BY W. BRIDGES ADAMS
'This is a truly original book …… By the union of scientific culture with a strong imagination Mr Adams's projects have a high scope and a comprehensive bearing; but we do not admit that they are therefore visionary or illusive. On the contrary we desire that his views may be ventilated freely for the great improvements which they seem to promise in an age like our own, when science claims increasing confidence for its development of the arts of life,'—Times, August 29th.
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THE ENGLISH AT HOME.
SECOND SERIES.
BY ALPHONSE ESQUIROS.
Also, the FIRST SERIES, in 2 vols, post 8vo., 18s.
'M. Esquiros himself is a sort of a French Washington Irving, in his zealous pursuit and his cordial appreciation of the latent characteristics of English life; though at the siime time that he views English manners and institutions sympathetically, even those that dissent from him must allow that he judges them with a frank independence …… We can go further with M. Esquiros in desiring that a better agreement on the spirit of the institutions which rule civil life will tend to approximate the character and genius of the two peoples still nearer; and as his own book is unquestionably an effort in this direction, it has our warmest sympathy and our cordial approbation.'— Times.
