Transcriber's Notes:
1. Minor punctuation errors in original text have been corrected.
2. 16 spelling errors have been corrected a complete list with other notations is shown at the end of this text.
3. Page numbers appear as placed in the original text, however where a new chapter begins in the center of a page the page number has been moved to the chapter head.
Édition d'Élite
Historical Tales
The Romance of Reality
By
CHARLES MORRIS
Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc.