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: =Anatole France=] SHORT-STORY MASTERPIECES VOLUME II--FRENCH DONE INTO ENGLISH AND WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY J. BERG ESENWEIN _EDITOR OF LIPPINCOTTS MAGAZINE_ THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL Springfield, Massachusetts 1912 Copyright 1911 and 1912--J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY Copyright 1912--THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS VOLUME II PAGE THE MANY-SIDED BALZAC 3 STORY: AN EPISODE UNDER THE TERROR 27 LUDOVIC HALÉVY, PARISIAN 59 STORY: THE INSURGENT 71 ANDRÉ THEURIET, HUMANIST 79 STORY: LA BRETONNE 87 THÉOPHILE GAUTIER, LOVER OF BEAUTY 97 STORY: THE MUMMY’S FOOT 107 ANATOLE FRANCE, FORMER MAN AND NEW 129 STORY: JUGGLER TO OUR LADY 141 THE MANY-SIDED BALZAC