Introduction to M. de I’Aube pine
M . de I’Aubepine is unknown to many of his countrymen, as well as
to the students of foreign literature. As a writer, he occupied a (n) [1] ______
place between the Transcendentalists and the great body of pen
- and - ink men who address the intellect and sympathies of the multitude. [2] ______
His writings, to do them ______, are not all together destitute of fancy [3] ______
and ______;they might have won him greater reputation but for an invet- [4] ______
erate love of ______. His fictions are sometimes historical, sometimes of
the present day, and sometimes have little or no reference either to time or [5] ______
space. In any case, he consents himself with the slightest possible counter- [6] ______
feit of real life and endeavors to interest his readers with the pecularity of [7] ______
he ______. M . de I’Aube’pine’s productions, if you read it in the [8] ______
point of view, may amuse a leisure hour; if ______, they can hardly fail to
look like nonsense. [9] ______
M. de I’Aubepine is ______ ; he continues to write and publish. [10] ______
His first appearance was by a collection of stories, in a long series of vol-
umes, ______" Contesdeur fois racontees". Our wearisome perusal of
the titles of some of his recent works showed a certain personal affection
and ______,though by no means admiration for the writer; and we would
fain do the little in our power ______ introducing him favourably to the
American public.