• Publication: On the Margins of Old BooksPublication Record # 578192
• Author: Jules Lemaître
• Date: 1929-00-00
• Publisher: Coward-McCann
• Price:
  $1.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: xviii+322
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: COLLECTION
• Webpages: archive.org
• Notes:

  • The French edition was issued in 2 series, the first written in collaboration with Godefroy Cavaignac.
  • Translated by Clarence Stratton.
  • The stories are divided into 18 sections:
    • On the Margin of the Illiad
    • On the Margin of the Odyssey
    • On the Margin of the Zend-Avesta
    • On the Margin of the Ramayana
    • On the Margin of the Æneid
    • On the Margin of the Gospels
    • On the Margin of the Golden Legend
    • On the Margin of the Chansons de Gestes
    • On the Margin of Villehardouin
    • On the Margin of Joinville
    • On the Margin of the Decameron
    • On the Margin of Pantagruel
    • On the Margin of Don Quixote
    • On the Margin of Madame de Sévigné
    • On the Margin of La Fontaine
    • On the Margin of the Tables of Fénelon
    • On the Margin of Saint-Simon
    • On the Margin of the Proclamations of General Bonaparte
• External IDs:
  • LCCN: 29023353
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 1521868 339414
  • Open Library: OL16390223M
  • Reginald-1: 08907

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xi • Preface: Old Books—An Address to the French Academy • essay by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Les vieux livres, lecture faite à l'Académie 1907)
• 3 • Thersites • [The Iliad and The Odyssey universe] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Thersite 1905)
• 11 • The Innocent Diplomacy of Helen • [The Iliad and The Odyssey universe] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of L'innocente diplomatie d'Hélène 1905)
• 21 • The Siren • [The Iliad and The Odyssey universe] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La sirène 1905)
• 32 • The Marriage of Telemachus • [The Iliad and The Odyssey universe] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le mariage de Télémaque 1905)
• 41 • The Confession of Eumæus • [The Iliad and The Odyssey universe] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La confession d'Eumée 1905)
• 47 • The Shadows Awaken • [The Iliad and The Odyssey universe] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Réveil d'ombres 1905)
• 55 • The First Impulse • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le premier mouvement 1905)
• 63 • A Saint • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Un saint 1907)
• 66 • A Sainted Woman • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Une sainte 1907)
• 73 • In the Wooden Horse • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Dans le cheval de bois 1907)
• 80 • Sister Anna • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Anna soror 1905)
• 87 • Pallas, Son of Evander • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Pallas, fils d'Évandre 1905)
• 95 • The Virgin of the Angels • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La Vierge aux Anges 1907)
• 101 • The Infant and the Good Mason (A Christmas Story) • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of L'Enfant Jésus et le bon maçon: Conte de Noël 1907)
• 109 • The Opinions of Liette • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Les idées de Liette 1905)
• 116 • The Beasts of the Field • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le salut des bêtes 1905)
• 122 • The School of the Kings • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of L'école des rois 1905)
• 128 • The Journey of Little Hozæl • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le voyage du petit Hozaël 1905)
• 137 • Good Woman, Though Thief • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La bonne larronnesse 1905)
• 143 • Sarai • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Saraï 1905)
• 149 • A Critic • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Un critique 1905)
• 163 • An Idealist • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Un idéaliste 1905)
• 171 • The Eleven-Thousandth Virgin • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La onze millième vierge 1905)
• 177 • Saint Martha • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Sainte Marthe 1905)
• 184 • The Second Life of the Seven Sleepers • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La seconde vie des Sept Dormants 1905)
• 195 • The Vow of Vivien • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of
  Le vœu de Vivien^?Le voeu de Vivien
  1907)
• 205 • Of a French Knight and a Dame of Constantinople • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of D'un chevalier franc et d'une dame de Constantinople 1907)
• 215 • The Renegade • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le renégat 1907)
• 225 • The Later Story of Griselda • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La suite de Grisélidis 1907)
• 235 • Panurge Married • [Gargantua et Pantagruel] • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Panurge marié 1907)
• 245 • Dulcinea • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Dulcinée 1907)
• 261 • Mother and Daughter • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Mère et fille 1907)
• 273 • Among the Robbers • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of La Fontaine chez les voleurs 1907)
• 289 • The Journal of the Duke of Bourgogne • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Le journal du duc de Bourgogne 1907)
• 301 • Daughter of the King • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Fille de roi 1907)
• 306 • A Retreat • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Une retraite 1907)
• 313 • The Story of a Merveilleuse • short story by Jules Lemaître (trans. of Histoire d'une Marveilleuse 1907)