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Leipzig, Tauchnitz, 1871. White Heather, by WILLIAM BLACK. 2 vols. Leipzig, Tauchnitz, 1886. The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands, by JOHN STUART BLACKIE. Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1876. Altavona, fact and fiction from my Life in the Highlands, by JOHN STUART BLACKIE. Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1882. Crieff. Its Traditions and Characters with anecdotes of Strathearn.
Daudet, like our Dickens, succeeded in producing characters invested with such reality that in the minds of readers they become veritable beings. Of all his creations Tartarin is the most widely known, and the world's conception of a French southerner is derived from the portrait of this hero. As is usual in the works of Daudet, the character of Tartarin is not wholly fictitious.
The story of the composition of "Les Rois en exil" is an interesting study of Daudet's methods, his inexorable insistence on truth, even to the most minute details. As usual, the characters are sharply contrasted.
So far as possible, he borrowed every detail of character and environment from real life; almost all his characters represent real persons whom he studied with a view of using them in his books.
Of all the characters that appear in Daudet's novels it is perhaps Frédérique whose appeal to the reader is strongest, and Frédérique is almost entirely the product of the author's imagination.
Old Edinburgh Beaux and Belles, faithfully presented to the reader in coloured prints with the Story of How They Walked, Dressed and Behaved Themselves, told in the letterpress, which is adorned with quaint cuts. W. Paterson, London. Old Edinburgh Pedlars, Beggars and Criminals with some other odd characters; their effigies in colour and their characters in type, etc. W. Paterson, London.
I have been particularly strenuous in my application, that in the choice of these gentlemen, great care may be taken that their characters are fair and that they may possess the advantages of good education and talents, and I trust, that I shall not be disappointed in my expectations respecting them. «Mr.
Despite the protest of the author, contemporaries found originals for a number of the characters of this novel. The duc de Mora is Morny, and several others have been identified with greater or less certainty. Félicia Ruys is perhaps Sarah Bernhardt.
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