the warrant had been made out; and thus spared him, for the nonce, a sojourn in the debtors' prison at Clichy. Balzac's lawsuit with the _Revue de Paris_, the details of which are given in the Viscount de Lovenjoul's _Last Chapter of the History of Balzac's Works_, was brought about by the novelist's quarrel, in 1835, with Buloz, the editor, because the latter, while the _Lily in the Valley_ was being printed, communicated proofs of it to the _Revue Francaise_ of Saint Petersburg. Balzac at once severed his connection with the _Revue de Paris_, and took away his novel, on the ground that the editor was not justified in selling it abroad without his--the author's--permission, and especially was not justified in communicating premature proofs, which, owing to his practice of modifying the text while correcting it, could in no way represent his finished work. After an attempt made by mutual friends to settle the matter amicably, Buloz entered an action against Balzac to compel him to continue the publication of the _Lily in the Valley_ in the _Revue de Paris_. Three parts had been given. It was the end which the Review demanded, and ten thousand francs damages for the delay. The case was heard in May 1836, after months of bitter controversy, in which both sides had their ardent supporters. The most was made by the plaintiff's barrister of Balzac's previous disputes with other editors, who had had to complain of his tardiness in completing articles or stories. A letter was also put in, signed by Alexandre Dumas, Eugene Sue, Frederic Soulie, and others, stating that it was usual for authors to allow the communication of their productions to the _Revue Francaise_ of Saint Petersburg, with a view to combating Belgian and German piracies. And Jules Janin, who during the Thirties was a zealous opponent of Balzac, cast his weight of evidence in favour of the Review. The _Seraphita_ episode was dragged in, too, with testimony to show that, even after Werdet had bought the right to publish the novel in book form, Balzac again negotiated for its continuation as a serial in the Review, and had, moreover, supplied some other chapters, yet without coming to the end. In fact, the suit was a complicated one to decide. Ultimately, the Court gave its verdict against Balzac on the chief point at issue. He lost the conclusion of the _Lily in the Valley_, and recovered only a small sum of money that had been advanced to the novelist for copy not supplied, and besides had to pay all the expenses of his action.