Bataille de dames

by Eugène Scribe; Ernest Legouvé

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BATAILLE DE DAMES

PAR SCRIBE ET LEGOUVÉ

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND VOCABULARY

BY BENJ. W. WELLS, PH.D. (HARV.) FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.

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INTRODUCTION

"BATAILLE DE DAMES" bears on its title-page the names of two authors, Scribe and Legouvé; and as we can determine the nature of their collaboration from internal evidence alone, it is necessary to examine somewhat the works and characteristics of each.