Stories by Foreign Authors (French III)

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Stories by Foreign Authors—French III (1898)
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HONORÉ DE BALZAC

STORIES BY

FOREIGN AUTHORS



FRENCH


THE HIDDEN MASTERPIECE By Honoré de Balzac
THE SORROW OF AN OLD CONVICT By Pierre Loti
THE MUMMY'S FOOT By Théophile Gautier
FATHER AND SON By Edouard Rod
LAURETTE OR THE RED SEAL By Alfred De Vigny



NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1899

Copyright, 1898, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

The translations in this volume, where previously published, are used by arrangement with the owners of the copyrights (as specified at the beginning of each story). Translations made especially for the series are covered by its general copyright. All rights in both classes are reserved.

CONTENTS

page
The Hidden Masterpiece Honoré de Balzac 11
The Sorrow of an Old Convict Pierre Loti 57
The Mummy's Foot Théophile Gautier 65
Father and Son Edouard Rod 87
Laurette or the Red Seal Alfred de Vigny 119