THE WORKS OF 

 ANATOLE FRANCE 



i] T has long been a reproach to 

 England that only one volume 

 by ANATOLE 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 living. 



II 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 w^rirings 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 



