VOLUME FOUR
FRENCH I

EDITED BY
William Patten

WITH
AN INTRODUCTION
AND NOTES

P. F. COLLIER & SON
NEW YORK

Copyright 1907
By P. F. Collier & Son
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CONTENTS—VOLUME IV

PAGE
THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE
Honoré de Balzac
[1007]
THE PRICE OF A LIFE
Augustin Eugène Scribe
[1049]
NAPOLEON AND POPE PIUS VII
Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny
[1067]
CLAUDE GUEUX
Victor Marie Hugo
[1083]
A BAL MASQUÉ
Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas
[1105]
HOW THE REDOUBT WAS TAKEN
Prosper Mérimée
[1121]
THE VENDEAN MARRIAGE
Jules Gabriel Janin
[1131]
THE MARQUISE
George Sand
[1149]
THE BEAUTY-SPOT
Alfred Louis Charles de Musset
[1185]
THE MUMMY’S FOOT
Théophile Gautier
[1237]
CIRCÉ
Octave Feuillet
[1257]
THE HANGING AT LA PIROCHE
Alexandre Dumas, Fils
[1269]
THE DEAN’S WATCH
Erckmann-Chatrian
[1289]
AT THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alphonse Daudet
[1319]
BOUM-BOUM
Jules Claretie
[1327]

THE UNKNOWN MASTERPIECE

BY HONORÉ DE BALZAC