Belle Rose: A Romance of the Cloak and Sword — page 14: what you’re looking at

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4 AMEDEE ACHARD. have mistaken the trend of his talent when he abandoned the romance of ‘‘the cloak and sword’’ for the novel of nineteenth century life. ‘‘The Duc de Carlepont,’’ the ‘‘Robe de Nessus,’’ and the ‘‘Clos-Pommier’’ are the best examples he has given us in this style. They are well written, but decidedly deficient in those qualities which are so necessary to the continuous interest of a romance. The esteem in which Achard was held by his contemporaries is shown by the appreciative opinion pronounced by Louis Ulbach and Joseph Méry. Ulbach says in his ‘‘Causeries du Dimanche,’’ speaking of one of Achard’s romances that he was one of the few novelists of his time who was always careful of his work, and who was worthy of tke serious attention of the critic. Méry’s eulogy is found in his ‘‘Les Journees de Titus’’ where he refers to the author of ‘‘Belle-Rose’’ as ‘‘that prolific inventor who has every kind of style and every kind of wit.’’ Eomicbooks (E(0)