Acrobats and Mountebanks

by Hugues Le Roux; Jules Garnier

ACROBATS AND MOUNTEBANKS.

BY HUGUES LE ROUX & JULES GARNIER.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY A. P. MORTON.

WITH 233 ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED, 1890.

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, LONDON AND BUNGAY.

PREFACE.

The Banquistes was the first title chosen for this book: it has been altered for two reasons which appeared conclusive after some consideration: the general public would have misunderstood it, and it would certainly have wounded those interested in it, who would have known what it meant.