THE WORKS OF 

 ANATOLE FRANCE 



T has long been a reproach to 



England that only one volume 

 by AlvfATOLE FRANCE 

 has been adequately rendered 

 into English ; yet outside this 

 country he shares with 

 TOLSTOI the distinction 

 of being the greatest and most daring 

 student of humanity now living. 



^ There have been many difficulties to 

 encounter in completing arrangements for a 

 uniform edition, though perhaps the chief bar- 

 rier to publication here has been the fact that 

 his writings are not for babes — but for men 

 and the mothers of men. Indeed, some of his 

 Eastern romances are written with biblical can- 

 dour. " I have sought truth strenuously," he 

 tells us, " I have met her boldly. I have never 

 turned from her even when she wore an 



