VOLUME FIVE
FRENCH II

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 V

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LA BRETONNE
André Theuriet
[1339]
WHICH WAS THE MADMAN?
Edmond About
[1349]
THE GRAND MARRIAGE
Ludovic Halévy
[1379]
THE ACCURSED HOUSE
Émile Gaboriau
[1415]
THE FÊTE AT COQUEVILLE
Émile Zola
[1427]
THE LOST CHILD
François Coppée
[1471]
PUTOIS
Anatole France
[1495]
SAC-AU-DOS
Joris Karl Huysmans
[1515]
"BONJOUR, MONSIEUR"
Jean Richepin
[1559]
THE BIT OF STRING
Guy de Maupassant
[1571]
THE NECKLACE
Guy de Maupassant
[1581]
THE WALL OPPOSITE
Pierre Loti
[1595]
THE ANCESTOR
Paul Bourget
[1605]
WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY
Henri Lavedan
[1639]
A GENTLEMAN FINDS A WATCH
Georges Courteline
[1651]
A YOUNG GIRL'S DIARY
Marcel Prévost
[1659]
THE SIGN OF THE KEY AND THE CROSS
Henri de Régnier
[1671]
THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
Alphonse Allais
[1685]

LA BRETONNE

BY CLAUDE ADHÉMAR ANDRÉ THEURIET