11 JANUARY 1879, page 13

A French Optimist Pamphlet.

W E desire to call the attention of our readers to a pamphlet that has been attracting some attention in France, from the light it throws on the present phase both of rural life......

(theletes.—philonomus.) Part I.

T HELETES.—Good evening, Philonomus. It is a new thing not to feel unmixed satisfaction at your entrance. PHIL.—It would be something much newer, I am afraid, if any of your......