Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 13, 1988, p. 2

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HILLS OUTLOOK Saturday February 11 IMS Outlook oi Hills A deeplyrooted love classic INTO THE LIBRARY J ByJANEMcQUARBIE II III Public I Foundling by Hector Mi Jot by Monro New York Harmony Book ISM Hector s 1907 children story Sam la still one of the most deeply rooted and loved French children classics being printed again and again down the years Written in It has been Iranslated variously Nobody Boy Without Relation The or Rem and most recently as The Foundling A foundling named brought up by a kindly woman bur strikes the household and Ik sold to Signer VI talis the manager of a troupe of performing animals He encounters a wealthy English family who are Ira veiling on a canal barge and eventually discovers that he is their long lost son This Is a picaresque novel in In the Ciiing that of his fictional contemporary Oliver Twist Is not one of mill gated misery Is a sturdy and likeable boy well loved by his pcasanl foster mother When he is sold by his father his master proves to be a wise gentle and noble man whom comes to love and respect In the course of travels Remi shares hunger and freezing cold but he learns from his friends along with reading writing music and acting the great lesson of loyal friendship Naturally enough much of the material In The was derived from the authors own life Hector was bom in a smalt town in Normandy and was well ac quaint with the peasants and the countryside he depicts Rem quest reads like a nineteenth century travelogue of France as he names and describes the many villages and towns he passes through From the company of come dians travel through the south of France working their to Paris and eventually to England and Computerfriendly aids the disabled Switierland Indeed It has been that Malot Intentionally in eluded these geographical details in order to familiarize French children with their native land Because The Foundling Is an abridgement a lot or Incidents are packed into a space that Is shorter than the author had originally In tended I found the pace too hurried for my liking preferring the more langorous ramble of Its earlier and much longer translation Nobody RRSP you currently have an or are thinking about opening one do you know what the limitations and benefits are for income tax purposes Find out from the Income tax specialists at HSR Block We could save you lime and money on your lax return Let us show you how the could benefit you In your tax situation Boy The pen sketches In this new edition give the text an old fashioned feeling but occasionally they add a dislurbfng element to a sometimes frightening story Still this Is one of my very favorite old stories and I delighted that someone else has cared enough about it to bring it alive for a new generation Both The Foundling and Nobody Boy are available at the Georgetown Public Library COURTMATES Traffic Ticket Specialist Low Cost Representation Free Consultation Worried about cost Insurance loss of dement A termer police officer with 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