THE WORKS OF ANATOLE FRANCE 



At all times he is the unrelenting foe of superstition and 

 hypocrisy. Of himself he once modestly said : " You will find 

 in my writings perfect sincerity (lying demands a talent I do 

 not possess), much indulgence, and some natural affection for 

 the beautiful and good." 



11 The mere extent of an author's popularity is perhaps a 

 poor argument, yet it is significant that two books by this 

 author are in their HUNDRED AND TENTH THOU- 

 SAND,and numbers of them well into their SEVENTIETH 

 THOUSAND, whilst the one which a Frenchman recently 

 described as " Monsieur France's most arid book " is in its 

 FIFTY-EIGHTH THOUSAND. 



IT Inasmuch as M. FRANCE'S ONLY contribution to 

 an English periodical appeared in THE YELLOW BOOK, 

 vol. v., April 1895, together with the first important English 

 appreciation of his work from the pen of the Hon. Maurice 

 Baring, it is peculiarly appropriate that the English edition 

 of his works should be issued from the Bodley Head. 



ORDER FORM 



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To Mr ......................................................................... _ ........................ _________ ................... __ 



Bookseller 



'Please send me the following works of dnatole France 

 to be issued in June and July : 

 THE RED LILY 

 MOTHER OF PEARL 

 THE GARDEN OF EPICURUS 

 THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD 



for which I enclose .. 

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JOHN LANE,PuBLisHER, THE BODLEY HEAD, VicoSr. LONDON, W. 



