[26] See ante, p. 162.
[27] Her real name was Adrienne Legay and she really bore the nickname of "Ball of Tallow." She was of peasant extraction, and was born near Fécamp about 1850. Coming to Rouen, where she became the mistress of a cavalry officer and later of a manufacturer of cotton goods, she at one time kept a small hosiery shop, at another a little café. Finally, after making a precarious living as a fortune-teller, she committed suicide at Rouen in August, 1892. She often declared to the literary men who became acquainted with her that she herself gave Maupassant the idea of his story by telling him an adventure of hers, which, however, had not resulted in the manner he described; and she accused him of having pilloried her in a spirit of revenge for having rejected his suit when he was a penniless hobbledehoy at Rouen.
[28] "Journal des Goncourt," Vol. VI, p. 127.
[29] "Le Roman Expérimental," Paris, Charpentier, 1880, 18mo, vii-416 pages. This volume, in which the whole theory of Naturalistic fiction is expounded, has been reprinted several times with the mention: "Nouvelle Édition."
[30] "Une Campagne," Paris, Charpentier, 1881, 18mo, x-408 pages.
[31] "Une Campagne," Gambetta, p. 105.
[32] "Une Campagne." Abbreviated from the article entitled "Esclaves Ivres," p. 362 et seq. Readers of "L'Assommoir" will remember that the bibulous "My-Boots," referred to above, is one of its principal characters.
[33] "Journal des Goncourt," Vol. VI, p. 134.
[34] Charpentier, 18mo, 338 pages. Ten copies on Dutch paper. The contents first appeared partly in the "Viestnik Yevropi," partly in "Le Voltaire."
[35] Charpentier, 18mo, 427 pages. Ten copies on Dutch paper. The contents of this volume also appeared originally in the "Viestnik Yevropi."