TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: In the plain text version text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_), small caps are represented in upper case as in SMALL CAPS and words in bold are represented as in =bold=. A number of words in this book have both hyphenated and non-hyphenated variants. For the words with both variants present the one more used has been kept. Obvious punctuation and other printing errors have been corrected. The cover art included with this eBook was modified by the transcriber and is granted to the public domain. * * * * * [Illustration: =Guy de Maupassant=] SHORT STORY CLASSICS (FOREIGN) VOLUME FIVE FRENCH II [Illustration] EDITED BY William Patten WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES [Illustration] P. F. COLLIER & SON NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1907 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON The use of the copyrighted translations in this collection has been authorized by the authors or their representatives. The translations made especially for this collection are covered by the general copyright CONTENTS--VOLUME V PAGE LA BRETONNE ANDRÉ THEURIET 1339 WHICH WAS THE MADMAN? EDMOND ABOUT 1349 THE GRAND MARRIAGE LUDOVIC HALÉVY 1379 THE ACCURSED HOUSE ÉMILE GABORIAU 1415 THE FÊTE AT COQUEVILLE ÉMILE ZOLA 1427 THE LOST CHILD FRANÇOIS COPPÉE 1471 PUTOIS ANATOLE FRANCE 1495 SAC-AU-DOS JORIS KARL HUYSMANS 1515 "BONJOUR, MONSIEUR" JEAN RICHEPIN 1559 THE BIT OF STRING GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1571 THE NECKLACE GUY DE MAUPASSANT 1581 THE WALL OPPOSITE PIERRE LOTI 1595 THE ANCESTOR PAUL BOURGET 1605