Books: Roses & Cabbages

ROMANTIC REBEL, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE SAND—Felizia Seyd—Viking ($3).

In the autumn of 1836, tourists at Chamonix, Switzerland, were puzzled by a mysterious group of seven strangers who wore tight-fitting coats, slouch hats, vast cravats. It was next to impossible to tell which were men and which were women. The hotel blotter did not help. One of the strangers was registered simply as Fellowe; musical philosopher; birthplace—Parnassus; traveling from—Doubt to Truth. Others were registered as the Piffoel family; residence—Nature; Coming from—God; Going to—Heaven; Duration of passport—Eternity.

Fellowe was Hungarian Pianist...

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