The Great Debureau
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By FARRAR & RINEHART
DEBUREAU was a Czech who came to France in the early part of the nineteenth century and became a clown in Paris. His extraordinary talent for pantomime was recognized by some of the leading lights of that time and place, and he was taken up by Victor Hugo, Béranger, Balzac, et al., and made much of by them. This novel is based on his life, and is an interesting study of his personality and the times he lived in. One becomes a little tired of the galaxy of great names lugged into the book on every occasion, and is tempted to feel that the author would have done well to stick more closely to his clown.