Our author knows his Parisian well. He has studied him in the home and in the street; at work and at play. Few contemporary novelists afford us a clearer insight into the workings of the mind of the elusive Parisian, or a more intimate knowledge of his temperament.

M. Vandérem has written a number of novels besides Two Banks of the Seine; it is sufficient to mention here his Charlie and his La Victime, works of unusual merit.

Barnet J. Beyer.

26th February, 1919.

CONTENTS

Chapter[I.] [1]
Chapter[II.] [16]
Chapter[III.] [34]
Chapter[IV.] [56]
Chapter[V.] [81]
Chapter[VI.] [106]
Chapter[VII.] [120]
Chapter[VIII.] [148]
Chapter[IX.] [165]
Chapter[X.] [198]
Chapter[XI.] [215]
Chapter[XII.] [228]
Chapter[XIII.] [254]
Chapter[XIV.] [279]
Chapter[XV.] [296]
Chapter[XVI.] [320]
Chapter[XVII.] [344]
Chapter[XVIII.] [368]
Chapter[XIX.] [402]

TWO BANKS OF THE SEINE

CHAPTER I

THE carriage stopped at the gate of the Collège de France; Mme. Chambannes alighted briskly. She did not take the trouble to close the door and, swinging her muff, hurried through the somber courtyard, where three pigeons wandered in the security that silence and solitude ensured them.