The Writings of Prosper Mérimée/Volume 4

by Prosper Mérimée

 

THE WRITINGS OF

PROSPER MÉRIMÉE

COMPRISING HIS

NOVELS, TALES, AND LETTERS TO AN UNKNOWN
WITH

An Essay on the Genius and Achievement of the Author

By GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A.

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COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOLUMES

 

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"Señor Pedro de Ojeda," cried Don Juan,
"kill me if you will, I shall not fight."
Etched by Le Rat from a painting by J. J. Aranda.

 

THE NOVELS, TALES AND LETTERS OP PROSPER MERIMEE Edited by Prof. George Saintsbury, M.A. COMPLETE IN EIGHT VOLUMES THE Double Mistake SOULS IN PURGATORY THE VENUS OF H^LE Translated by WILLIAM M. ARNOLD OLIVE EDWARDS PALMER AND EMILY MART WALLER With Illustrations by aUSTAVE FRAIPONT, A. BRAMTOT AND J. J. ARANDA NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA FRANK S. HOLBY

MCMVI

 

Copyright, 1905
By FRANK S. HOLBY

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All rights reserved

 

CONTENTS

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The Double Mistake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Souls in Purgatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Venus of Ille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME IV. Senor Pedro de Ojeda," cried Don Juan, "kill me if you -will, I shall not fight." (p. 208) Frontispiece Etched hy he Rat from a painting by J. J. Ara?ida PAGE She had recognized Darcy. She was expecting him . 76 An etching from a drawing hy G. Fraipont With some difficulty he took off his diamond ring, and I went nearer to take it, but he forestalled me, ran to the Venus, sHpped the ring on its fourth finger 257 Etched by Toussiant from a painting hy Bramtoi