WITH A FOREWORD BY
JAMES M. BECK
Author of “The Evidence in the Case”
TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME ONE
ILLUSTRATED
BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
Copyright, 1918, by Richard G. Badger
All Rights Reserved
Made in the United States of America The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
TO THE MEMORY OF
MY BROTHER
“We have been surprised that no descendant of Beaumarchais was invited to represent France at the unveiling of that Statue of Liberty, upon the pedestal of which his name would not be out of place by the side of that of Lafayette. Since 1870 Mr. Bigelow has invited his compatriots to ask themselves seriously if they have done their whole duty towards the memory of Beaumarchais.”
E. Lintilhac.
“Beaumarchais et ses œuvres,”
Paris, 1887.