'THE KING WITH TWO FACES,' 'NON SEQUITUR,' ETC. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 1901 NOTE WRITERS of historic fictions are, for the most part, thieves. Many of the following pages have been stolen from Armand de St.-Imbert, some from Louis Blanc, a few from the Memoirs of Alexandre Dumas.' The chapter called 'Maison Botherel' was composed -almost every word of it-many years ago, by Lamartine, Feydeau, and Théophile Gautier. |