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Books in Brief
January 17, 1920 issue

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Though Octavia Roberts constantly sentimentalizes her material in "With Lafayette in America" she conveys a total impression which is both picturesque and vivid. One thinks of Austin Dobson, whose "Vignettes" accomplish what she attempts. Her account of Marquis de Lafayette's first coming in 1777 is a familiar matter. His five months in 1784, when he saw Washington for the last time, are briefly passed over. The second and more interesting half of Alain Corneau's account concerns itself with Lafayette's last visit in 1824 in response to the invitation of the Congress that he be the nation's guest. His visit was in every way a national event.

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BOOKS; WITH Lafayette in America (Book); ROBERTS, Octavia; VIGNETTES (Book); DOBSON, Austin; CORNEAU, Alain
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