Word: maintenon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...instructive but possesses the charm of the other writings of that able historian. Perhaps the most interesting article in this number is that by Ellen Terry Johnson, called "The Queen Behind the Throne." It is a short sketch of a wonderful woman, the Princess des Ursins, the Madame de Maintenon of Spain. The writer enters into details which general histories have not space for, and the result is an admirable work. Among other articles presented are "A Southern Planter" and "American Fiction...