Balzac by Frederick Lawton

Prepared by Dagny, dagnyj@hotmail.com and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz Balzac By Frederick Lawton DEDICATED, In remembrance of many pleasant and instructive hours spent in his society, to the sculptor AUGUSTE RODIN, whose statue of Balzac, with its fine, synthetic portraiture, first tempted the author to write this book. PASSY, PARIS, 1910. PREFACE Excusing himself for not