The Life and Writings of Alexandre Dumas/Appendix C

by Harry A. Spurr

APPENDIX C

List of Books by Dumas or Attributed to him, with their Approximate Dates of Publication and Remarks on their Authenticity.

It is almost impossible for any student of Dumas to compile a perfectly exhaustive and accurate bibliographical list of his works. They were published, some in Paris, some in Brussels, in varying forms and with different titles, and the works of reference available for our purpose are incomplete. Even the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, has not a complete set of his works. But for the use of the ordinary reader the following table will be found adequate. It is based on the list of Dumas's works as given by Calmann-Lévy, the authorised publishers, with one or two additions,^[1] and is prepared from the notes afforded by Glinel, Parran and Quérard, supplemented by the information supplied in Dumas's various autobiographical writings and in the biographical sketches on Dumas, etc., and by our own researches and information privately supplied to us. For the comments respecting the genuineness or otherwise of the books the writer is, of course, solely responsible, although in most cases his opinion is that of the majority of the impartial critics who have dealt with the subject. For the convenience of readers those books not ordinarily accessible in English are printed in italics, and to facilitate reference the works are given in alphabetical rather than chronological order.

Several of the dates have been kindly supplied by M.M. Calmann-Lévy.

 

Romances and Autobiographical Works.

Name of Book.	Year of Publication.	Remarks re Authenticity, etc.
Acté	1839	Mainly Dumas's, but probably finished by an assistant.
Amaury	1844	(?) Written by P. Meurice, probably under Dumas's supervision.
Ange Pitou (or "Taking the Bastille")	1853	For explanation of the abrupt end see Part III. We believe that this book is solely Dumas's.
Ascanio	1843	Dumas, in collaboration with Meurice.
Une Aventure d'Amour	1862	Dumas. This volume also contains "Herminie" or "Une Amazone."
Les Aventures de John Davys	1840	Stated by Thackeray to be half original, half derived from an anonymous work.
Aventures de Lyderic	1842	The story of Siegfried. See "Le Bouillie," etc.
Le Bátard de Mauléon	1846	In collaboration with Maquet, who finished the romance.
Black	1858
Les Blanc et les Bleus	1867-8-9?	Dumas's last work. Contains "The Eighth Crusade."
La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe	1844	A fairy-tale for children. Followed, in Calmann-Lévy, by "Aventures de Lyderic."
La Boule de Neige ("The Snowball")	1853	Written by Dumas from Marlinsky.
Bric-à-Brac	1861	Fugitive papers and autobiographical "mems."
Un Cadet de Famille	1860	A translation, at the direction of Dumas, of Trelawney's "Adventures of a Younger Son."
Le Capitaine Pamphile	1840	Written by Dumas for a children's journal.
Le Capitaine Paul (Jones)	1832	Dumas's sequel to Fenimore Cooper's "Pilot."
Le Capitaine Richard	1858	Undoubtedly Dumas.
Catherine Blum	1854	Said to have been suggested by Iffland's "Gardes Forestiers." Dumas. Translation out of print.
Causeries	1860	A collection of autobiographia, jeux d'esprit and sporting sketches. Contains also D.'s impressions of England.
Cecile, or Le Robe de Noce	1843	Probably mainly by a collaborator.
Le Chasse au Chastre	1841	Dumas. Included in the "Impressions de Voyage" ("Le Midi de la France").
Le Chasseur de Sauvagine	1859	Probably written by Dumas from a story supplied by the Comte de Cherville.
Le Chateau D'Eppstein	1844	According to Dumas, narrated to him in 1841. Probably not his.
Le Chevalier D'Harmenthal (or "The Conspirators")	1843	Dumas, with the assistance of Maquet.
Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge	1846	Ditto. See "Mémoires d'un Médecin."
Le Collier de la Reine	1849-50	Ditto.
La Colombe	1851	Dumas. Bound with "Maître Adam le Calabrais" (C. L.).
Les Compagnons de Jehu	1857	Dumas. Probably with Paul Bocage's assistance.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo	1844	Dumas, with the assistance of Maquet.
*Le Comte de Moret	1866	Dumas. Not available either in French or English.
La Comtesse de Charny	1853-5	Dumas alone. See "Mémories d'un Médecin."
La Comtesse de Salisbury	1839	First chapter fiction; the rest a mere chronique of history.
Les Confessions de la Marquise	1857	Part of a version of the "Mémoires de Madame du Deffand." Not by Dumas.
Conscience l'Innocent "or l'Enfant"	1853	Written by Dumas on the basis of some chapters in Hendrik Conscience's "Conscrit."
*Crimes Célèbres	1839-40	Under the editorship of Dumas, and most of the articles written by him. (See Part III.).
La Dame de Monsoreau ("Chicot the Jester")	1846	Dumas, with the assistance of Maquet. See "Les Quarante-Cinq." Not a sequel to "La Reine Margot."
La Dame de Volupté	1863	From the "Mémoires de Mdlle. de Luynes." Unlikely to be by Dumas.
Les Deux Diane	1846-7	It is said that Dumas, in a letter written to Meurice in 1865, gives that ex-collaborator the entire "honours" of this historical romance. He probably dictated the plot, however. The same no doubt applies to "Le Page du Duc de Savoie."
Les Deux Reines	1864	Sequel to "La Dame de Volupté."
Dieu dispose	1852	Dumas. Sequel to "Le Trou de l'Enfer."
Le Docteur Mystérieux	1872	Dumas. Published in book form posthumously. See "La Fille du Marquis."
Emma Lyonna	1865	Sequel to "La San Felice." "Emma" is Lady Hamilton, on whose reputed Memoirs Dumas is said to have based the work.
La Femme au Collier de Velours	1851	Dumas. "After" Hoffman.
Fernande	1844	Not Dumas. Claimed by H. Auger.
La Fille du Marquis	1872	Sequel to "Le Docteur Mystérieux."
Une Fille du Régent	1845	Dumas with Maquet's assistance.
Le Fils du Forçat	1860	Dumas in collaboration with an anonymous assistant.
Les Frères Corses	1845	Undoubtedly Dumas. With this (in C.-L.) is bound "Otho l'Archer."
Gabriel Lambert	1844	Either based on fact as alleged, or on a story supplied to Dumas.
Georges	1843	Attributed by some to Mallefille. Much more probably by Dumas with Mallefille's assistance.
La Guerre des Femmes (Nanon)	1845-6	Dumas with Maquet's assistance.
Histoire de mes Bêtes	1868	Dumas chatting on pets, servants, etc.: with some autobiographical episodes.
Histoire d'un Casse-Noisette	1844	Translated and adapted from Hoffman's book of that name.
L'Homme aux Contes	1858	Collection of translations of fairy-tales from other languages.
L'Horoscope	1858	Little more than a fragment, but undisputably Dumas.
L'Ile de Feu	1870	Dumas, probably in collaboration with an "assistant" who knew Java.
Ingénue	1854	Dumas. Said to have been written with Maquet, but this is unlikely.
Isaac Laquedem	1853	Little more than a fragment. Stopped by the Censor. Dumas's own work.
Isabel de Bavière	1836	A series of scenes selected, dramatised and vitalised with dialogue from Barante's "Histoire des Ducs de Bourgoyne." Translation out of print.
Jacques Ortis	1839	A translation, said to be by Fiorentino, of a work by Ugo Foscolo.
Jacquot sans Oreilles	1859-60	Said to have been "given" to Dumas: certainly not by him.
Jane	1863	From the Russian of Marlinsky. Contains also "Un coup de feu" and "Le faiseur de cerceuils" (both also from the Russian).
Les Louves de Machecoul	1859	Dumas. Probably with an assistant.
Madame de Chamblay	1863	Doubtful. Attributed to Octave Feuillet.
La Maison de Glace	1860	Translated from the Russian.
Maître Adam le Calabrais[2]	1840	Unquestionably Dumas. Bound with "La Colombe." Collaborator: Fiorentino.
Les Mariages de Père Olifus	1850	Dumas. From materials obtained during a visit to Holland.
Le Marquis d'Escoman (Drames Galantes)	1861	Not by Dumas.
Mémoires d'un Aveugle	1856-7	A version of the "Mémoires de Madame du Deffand." See "Les Confessions de la Marquise." Not by Dumas.
Les Mémoires d'un Médecin ("The Memoirs of a Physician")	1847	Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. (Sequels: "Le Collier de la Reine," "Ange Pitou," "La Comtesse de Charny" and "Chevalier de Maison-Rouge."
Le Meneur de Loups	1857	Dumas. A tale of Villers-Cotterets.
Mes Mémoires	1852-4	The story of his life, 1802-32.
*Mémoires d'Horace	1860	Not now accessible.
Les Milles-et-un Fantomes	1849	Said to have been in collaboration with Paul Bocage. A treatise on the horrible, rather than a story.
Les Mohicans de Paris	1854-5	Dumas in collaboration with Bocage. Translation now out of print. Followed by "Salvator."
Les Morts vont vite	1861	"Appreciations" of Chateaubriand, le Duc et Duchesse D'Orléans, Béranger, Sue, De Musset, etc., by Dumas.
Une Nuit à Florence	1861	Dumas.
Olympe de Clèves	1852	It is asserted that Maquet was a collaborator with Dumas in this work. If so, his share was small.
Le Page du Duc de Savoie	1855	See "Les Deux Diane."
Parisiens et Provinciaux	1864	Dumas, in collaboration with the Comte de Cherville.
Pascal Bruno	1838	Dumas. Bound with "Pauline" (C. L.)
Le Pasteur d'Ashbourn	1853	Not by Dumas. At most, rewritten by him from an English story, or a German story with an English locale.
Pauline	1838	Dumas. First indications appeared in his Swiss "Impressions de Voyage."
Le Père Gigogne	1860	Chiefly, if not entirely, translations of fairy tales from foreign authors, introduced by "Le Lièvre de mon grandpère," told to Dumas by de Cherville. One story which bears the undoubted stamp of our author's style is "La Jeunesse de Pierrot."
Le Père la Ruine	1860	Probably written with de Cherville.
Le Prince des Voleurs and Robin Hood le Proscrit	1872 1873	Not Dumas. Probably translations of some English stories.
La Princesse de Monaco	1854	Not by Dumas. The title-page announces the book as "recueilli" par Alexandre Dumas.
La Princesse Flora	1863	Translated from Marlinsky.
Les Quarante-Cinq ("The Forty-Five Guardsmen")	1848	Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. The concluding portion dictated to his son.
La Reine Margot ("Marguerite of Valois")	1845	Dumas, with Maquet. This book has no sequel.
El Saltéador (In Dent's edition "The Brigand")	1854	In a prefatory note to this romance in the "Mousquetaire," Dumas disavows the authorship. Nevertheless it is probably by him and one of his 'prentices.
Salvator	1855-9	Dumas, with Bocage. See "Les Mohicans de Paris."
La San Felice	1864-5	Probed to be by Dumas. His only long untranslated romance. Followed by "Emma Lyonna" and "Souvenirs d'un Favorite."
Souvenirs d'Antony	1835	A collection of short stories by Dumas, previously published—called after the hero of the famous play, Antony figuring in one of them, "Le Bal Masqué." The others are "Le Cocher de Cabriolet," "Blanche de Beaulieu" (or "Le Rose Rouge"), "Cherubino et Celestini," "Bernard," "Dom Martyns de Freytas," and "Le Curé Chambard." Of the untranslated ones "Cherubino et Celestini" is the most important.
Souvenirs Dramatiques	1868	Collection of articles by Dumas: dramatic criticisms, essays on the theatre and the State, etc., including "William Shakespeare," "Mon Odyssée à la Comédie Française," and a report of the "special commission" of 1849 (of which Dumas was a member) on the question of the censorship.
Souvenirs d'un Favorite	1865	See "La San Felice" and "Emma Lyonna."
Sultanetta	1859	Dumas's version of a Russian story by Marlinsky.
Sylvandire	1844	Dumas with Maquet's assistance.
La Terreur Prussienne	1867	The thread of fiction is only slight. Dumas treats chiefly of Frankfort during the Prusso-Austrian War of 1866.
Le Testament de M. Chauvelin	1861	Dumas, and partly autobiographical. This volume in C.-L. also contains "Don Bernardo de Zuniga."
Les Trois Mousquetaires	1841	Dumas, with Maquet's assistance. Founded on Coutils de Sandraz's "Mémoires de D'Artagnan." Sequels: "Vingt Ans Après" and "Le Vicomte de Bragelonne."
Le Trou de l'Enfer	1850-1	Dumas, possibly with Gérard de Nerval or some other 'prentice acquainted with Germany. Sequel, "Dieu dispose," probably Dumas's alone.
La Tulipe Noire	1850	Dumas, with Maquet's assistance.
Le Vicomte de Bragelonne	1848-50	Dumas, with Maquet. Based on material taken from Madame de la Fayette's "Histoire d'Henriette d'Angleterre." See "Les Trois Mousquetaires."
Une Vie d'Artiste	1854	Dumas's account of the early struggles of the comedian Mélingue, the creator of the stage "D'Artagnan."
Vingt Ans Après ("Twenty Years After")	1845	Dumas, with Maquet. See "Les Trois Mousquetaires."

 

History, Biography, etc.

Name of Book.	Year of Publication.	Remarks re Authenticity, etc.
Charles le Téméraire	1859	Historical sketch of Charles the bold of Burgundy.
Les Drame de '93	1851-2	See "Louis XIV. et Son Siècle.""
Les Drames de la Mer	1852	Includes "Boutikoë," "Le Capitaine Marion," "La Junon" and "Le Kent." Stories of shipwreck and other sea-adventures.
Filles, Lorettes et Courtisanes	1873	"Les Serpents" is included in this volume.
Les Garibaldiens	1861	Dumas's "despatches from the seat of war" during Garibaldi's progress from Sicily to Naples, 1860.
Gaule et France	1853	A rapid survey of French history from the earliest time, ending with a remarkable prophecy as to the future.
Les Grand Hommes en Robe-de-chambre:		Part of a scheme for a series of biographies of great men from the earliest to the latest period, written from a new point of view.
César	1857-8
Henri IV.	1866
Louis XIII., et Richelieu	1866
*Histoire des Bourbons	1863	Originally written in Italian, "I Borboni di Napoli."
Histoire de Louis Philippe	1852	or "Histoire de Dix-Huit Ans" (1830-48), published in 1853, and again, "Le Dernier Roi."
Les Hommes de Fer	1867	A republished collection of "studies" of Pépin, Charlemagne, etc.
Italiens et Flamands	1846	Appreciative sketches of painters—Andrea del Sarto, Botticelli, Holbein, Dürer, etc., etc.
Jehanne la Pucelle	1842	A "chronique" of Joan of Arc.
Louis XIV. et Son Siècle	1844-45	The first of a series of "historical eras" which ended with the "Drame de '93." Dumas's most important historical work.
Louis XV. et sa Cour	1849	The series continues ("Le Régence" intervening).
Louis XVI. et la Révolution	1850-1	Ditto: followed by the last of the series, "'93."
Les Medicis	1845	Should be read in connection with "Trois Maitres" and "Italiens et Flamands."
Mémoires de Garibaldi	1860	An account of Garibaldi's exploits in S. America, written by Dumas from materials afforded by Garibaldi himself.
*Mémoires de Talma	1850	Written by Dumas from materials left by Talma.
Mémoires d'Horace	1860	Not now accessible in English or French.
Napoléon	1839	A picturesque biography.
La Régence	1849	See "Louis XIV. et son Siècle."
Les Stuarts	1840	Not a trustworthy work. Contains lengthy extracts from Scott's "Abbot," etc.
Trois Maîtres	1862	The three masters are Michael Angelo, Titian and Raphaël. See "Italiens et Flamands" and "Les Medicis."

 

Travels.

Name of Book.	Year of Publication.	Remarks re Authenticity, etc.
Une Année à Florence	1841	See "Le Midi de la France."
L'Arabie Heureuse	1860	By Haji 'ahd el Hamid Bey. Published by Dumas's assistance.
Les Baleiniers	1861	The travels of Dr Felix Maynard, published by Dumas.
Le Capitaine Arena	1842	Account of a voyage round Sicily, etc. See "Le Speronare."
Le Caucase	1859	Sequel to the Russian "Impressions."
Le Corricolo	1843	Impressions of Naples. Written with Fiorentino.
De Paris à Cadix	1848	Letters from Spain, describing Dumas's tour in 1846. See "Le Véloce."
Excursions sur les Bord du Rhin	1841	Belgium and the Rhine. Possibly with Gérard de Nerval, Dumas's companion.
Un Gil Blas en Californie	1852	Published by Dumas, with an introduction by him.
Impressions de Voyage en Russie	1860 and '65	Followed by "Le Caucase."
Impressions de Voyage en Suisse	1833	Dumas's first book of travel, thought by many to be his best.
Mémoires d'un Maître d'Armes	1840	Classified by Calmann-Lévy as "travels." Dumas edited his friend Grisier's impressions of St. Petersburg, etc. There is a slight element of narrative.
Le Midi de la France	1841	Followed by "Une Année à Florence" and "La Villa Palmieri." This book concludes with "La Chasse au Chastre."
Un Pays Inconnu	1865	Not Dumas. Notes on Brazilian travel by another hand.
Quinze Jours au Sinaï	1839	Written by Dumas from notes by Baron Taylor, and drawings by Dauzats.
Le Speronare	1842	Impressions of Sicily. Written with the help of Fiorentino. Followed by "Capitaine Arena" and "Le Corricolo."
Le Véloce	1848	Account of Dumas's visit to Tangiers, Algiers and Tunis, etc. Sequel to "De Paris à Cadix."
La Vie au Désert	1860	Simply a translation of R. G. Gordon-Cumming's book on the adventures of a lion hunter in Africa.
La Villa Palmieri	1843	Souvenirs of Florence. See "Une Année à Florence." Contains "Un Alchimiste du Dix-Neuvième Siècle."

 

The sixty-six plays are issued in twenty-five one-franc volumes, or fifteen volumes at 3 f. 50 c., by MM. Calmann-Lévy, as follows:—

Tome I^er.—Comment je devins auteur dramatique.—La Chasse et l'Amour.—La Noce et l'Enterrement.—Henri III. et sa Cour.—Christine.

Tome II.—Napoléon Bonaparte.—Antony.—Charles VII, chez ses grands vassaux.

Tome III.—Richard Darlington.—Teresa.—Le Mari de la Veuve.

Tome IV.—La Tour de Nesle.—Angèle.—Catherine Howard.

Tome V.—Don Juan de Marana.—Kean.—Piquillo.

Tome VI.—Caligula.—Paul Jones.—L'Alchimiste.

Tome VII.—Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle.—Un Mariage sous Louis XV.—Lorenzino.

Tome VIII.—Halifax.—Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr.—Louise Bernard.

Tome IX.—Le Laird de Dumbiki.—Une Fille du Régent.

Tome X.—La Reine Margot.—Intrigue et Amour.

Tome XI.—Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge.—Hamlet.—Le Cachemire vert.

Tome XII.—Monte-Cristo (1^re partie).—Monte-Cristo (2^e partie).

Tome XIII.—Le Comte de Morcerf (3^e partie de Monte-Cristo).—Villefort (4^e partie de Monte-Cristo).

Tome XIV.—La Jeunesse des Mousquetaires.—Les Mousquetaires.

Tome XV.—Catilina.—Le Chevalier d'Harmental.

Tome XVI.—La Guerre des Femmes.—Le Comte Hermann.—Trois Entr'actes pour l'Amour médecin.

Tome XVII.—Urbain Grandier.—Le Vingt-Quatre Février.—La Chasse au chastre.

Tome XVIII.—La Barrière de Clichy.—Le Vampire.

Tome XIX.—Romulus.—La Jeunesse de Louis XIV.—Le Marbrier.

Tome XX.—La Conscience.—L'Orestie.—La Tour Saint-Jacques.

Tome XXI.—Le Verrou de la Reine.—L'Invitation à la valse.—Les Forestiers.

Tome XXII.—L.'Honneur est satisfait.—Le Roman d'Elvire.—L'Envers d'une conspiration.

Tome XXIII.—Le Gentilhomme de la Montagne.—La Dame de Monsoreau.

Tome XXIV.—Les Mohicans de Paris.—Gabriel Lambert.

Tome XXV.—Madame de Chamblay.—Les Blancs et les Bleus.—Simples lettres sur l'Art dramatique.

(Maurel adds: "Les Frères Corses," and "Pauline," but there is no record of their public production.)

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1. Those books starred thus * are the only ones not included in the Calmann-Lévy series.
2. A translation by the writer will shortly be published.