New Observations on the French Language, with Praises of Illustrious Learned Women General & Introductory Architecture A riveting exercise in old-school

A riveting exercise in old-school journalism

and for Annie Carver

The product of more than a decade of research and thought about American politics and culture

Think Diary of a Bookseller but with quite a lot more Bernard Black

Virtually illiterate

New Observations on the French Language, with Praises of Illustrious Learned Women General & Introductory Architecture A riveting exercise in old-schoolTwo volumes by a seventeenth century French gentlewoman and teacher, published in English for the first time. According to the few historical records that mention Marguerite Buffet, she lived her entire life in seventeenth century Paris where she taught French to aristocratic women. Buffets vivid example of proper language use in New Observations on the French Language offers a rare glimpse into the life, habits, and culture of seventeenth century