BC RF/103/11/12: Letter recommending M. Duval as French master for the College, 7 November [1849]

BC RF/103/11/12: Letter recommending M. Duval as French master for the College, 7 November [1849]

Letter recommending M. Duval as French master for the College. He used to teach literature in France but after the [1848] revolution, not enough people could afford to pay for classes. In the French elections, she persuaded M. Mohl to vote for a candidate she thought 'a man of merit'. She recommends an opera called the "Val d'Andorre", and wishes Mrs Jameson could see it. She reports that Charlie Follen and 'a young Chapman with a tremendous twang' 'seem to think learning French the last and highest of human attainments...it give a poor idea of American education why the deuce did they not learn French when they were little'.

Mary Clarke (Madame Julius Mohl)

The Elizabeth Jesser Reid Papers are part of the Bedford College archive held at Royal Holloway, University of London Archives

Royal Holloway, University of London

7 November [1849]

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BC RF/103/11/12