Transcriber’s Note
This ebook is an extract from The Works of Théophile Gautier, Volume Nineteen, translated and edited by F. C. de Sumichrast. Only the references to this work have been retained on the title page and in the table of contents.
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A [list] of corrections is found at the end of the text.
THE WORKS OF
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
VOLUME NINETEEN
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY
PROFESSOR F. C. de SUMICHRAST
Department of French, Harvard University
MY PRIVATE MENAGERIE
THE ATHENAEUM SOCIETY
NEW YORK