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In offering it to the American student we have endeavored to meet an obvious want of a suitable book of exercises in translating from the French to produce a work adapted peculiarly to the wants of American society calculated to interest as well as instruct beginners of every age, and suited alike for the use of private students and promiscuous classes.
The scene purports to be laid in the Court of Henry II.; but the manners and the personages, apart from their names are all those of the Court of Louis XIV. Certain critics have endeavored to trace the character of Mme. de La Fayette in that of the Princess of Clèves, of M. de La Rochefoucauld in that of M. de Nemours; but too strict an autobiographical interpretation destroys the charm of the story.
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