Translated by Albert M.C. McMaster, A.E. Henderson, and Mme. Quesada and others. French author of the naturalistic school who is generally considered the greatest French short story writer. Contents: Monsieur Parent; Queen Hortense; Timbuctoo; Tombstones; Mademoiselle Pearl; The Thief; Clair de Lune; Waiter a Bock; After; Forgiveness; Woman's Wiles; A Queer Night in Paris; That Costly Ride; Useless Beauty; The Father; My Uncle Sosthenes; The Baroness; Mother and Son; The Hand; A Tress of Hair; The Cripple; and Alexandre. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.