Note 28 — X MURGER AND HIS FRIENDS
Reading edition
The following account combines much of the information given in three books: Champfleury's "Souvenirs et Portraits de Jeunesse"; "Henri Murger et la Bohème," by A. Delvau; and the curious little "Histoire de Murger pour servir à l'histoire de la Vraie Bohème," par trois Buveurs d'Eau, the anonymous authors of which are known to be his friends, Lelioux, Nadar, and Noel. It is in the last named that some of Murger's letters are given. There is a certain amount of conflict between the dates given in these different books, but since they are all equally likely to be inaccurate, I have chosen to ignore the discrepancies, which are not very important.