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French Life in Letters. By Mrs. Molesworth. (Macmillan and Co.)—This

is an admirable little book, not to be confounded with the mass of ordinary reading-books. Ten sprightly letters, relating experiences of travel, of arrival, of looking for lodgings, of shopping, &c., are given, with notes of idioms, &c. Nothing better for its purpose can be imagined.