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 TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY MY PRIVATE MENAGERIETHE ATHENAEUM SOCIETY Copyright, 1902, by UNIVERSITY PRESS · JOHN WILSON |