Front matter
Frederic Chapman translation
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THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE
IN AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
EDITED BY FREDERIC CHAPMAN
MOTHER OF PEARL
MOTHER OF PEARL
BY ANATOLE FRANCE
A TRANSLATION BY
FREDERIC CHAPMAN
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY: MCMVIII
WM. BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH
CONTENTS
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The Procurator of Judæa 3
Amycus and Celestine 29
The Legend of Saints Oliveria and Liberetta 39
St. Euphrosine 55
Scholastica 75
Our Lady’s Juggler 83
The Mass of Shadows 97
Leslie Wood 109
Gestas 129
The Manuscript of a Village Doctor 143
Memoirs of a Volunteer 161
Dawn 225
Madame de Luzy 243
The Boon of Death Bestowed 257
A Tale of the Month of Floréal in the Year II 265
The Little Leaden Soldier 277
THE PROCURATOR OF JUDÆA
3MOTHER OF PEARL