Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Copyright 1901 by George D. Sproul GILBO & CO. _Tahoser listened with inattention more apparent than real to the song of the musician._--Page 80.] THE WORKS OF THEOPHILE GAUTIER VOLUME FIVE TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY PROFESSOR F. C. DE SUMICHRAST _Department of French, Harvard University_ THE ROMANCE OF A MUMMY _WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR_ THE ATHENAEUM SOCIETY NEW YORK _Copyright, 1901, by_ GEORGE D. SPROUL UNIVERSITY PRESS . JOHN WILSON AND SON . CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. _Contents_ THE ROMANCE OF A MUMMY INTRODUCTION _Page_ 3 PROLOGUE " 9 THE ROMANCE OF A MUMMY " 68 EGYPT THE UNWRAPPING OF A MUMMY " 299 FROM ALEXANDRIA TO CAIRO " 308 EZBEKIYEH SQUARE " 331 ANCIENT EGYPT " 338 _List of Illustrations_ Tahoser listened with inattention more apparent than real to the song of the musician. _Frontispiece_ The Pharaoh slew but a short time ago three messengers with a blow of his sceptre. _Page_ 229 _The Romance of a Mummy_ _THE ROMANCE OF A MUMMY_ Introduction