Note 32 — BOOK I[1]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Atala, the Génie du Christianisme, the Martyrs and the Itinéraire are all signed François Auguste de Chateaubriand. The author's object in suppressing the name of René on the title-pages of his early works was to avoid a false interpretation on the part of those who might have been tempted to identify him with the immortal episode in his works which has René for its title.—B.