Book excerpt: Sylvie: souvenirs du Valois is a melancholic novella about the hero's love for three different women. This poetic and sentimental novel is a testament to unattainable love. Excerpt: "One of Mr. Andrew Lang's most genuine appreciations occurs in an epistle addressed to Miss Girton, Cambridge; where, for the benefit of that mythical young person, he translates a few passages out of Sylvie, and favors us with a specimen of Gérard's verse."