Front matter
George Burnham Ives translation
BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES CHEFS-D’ŒUVRE DU ROMAN CONTEMPORAIN
KING OF CAMARGUE
JEAN AICARD
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COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SON
THIS EDITION OF KING OF CAMARGUE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSLATED BY GEORGE B. IVES THE ETCHINGS ARE BY LOUIS V. RUET AND DRAWINGS BY GEORGE ROUX
CHEFS-D’ŒUVRE DU ROMAN CONTEMPORAIN —— ROMANCISTS
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THE ROMANCISTS JEAN AICARD KING OF CAMARGUE
This woman had a way of looking at people that disconcerted them. You would say that a sharp, threatening flame shot from her eyes. It penetrated your being, searched your heart, and you were powerless against it.
TO ÉMILE TRÉLAT
My Very Dear Friend:
Permit me to dedicate this book to you, whose incomparable friendship has been to the poet, obstinate in his idealism, of hourly assistance, a constant proof of the reality of true generosity and kindness of heart.
Jean Aicard.
La Garde, near Toulon, April 11, 1890.