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Excerpt from Conscript of 1813 and Waterloo The task of alloting to Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian their proper position in the literature of Europe is simplified by the fact that their more serious work (with which we are now concerned) is quite unique. They portray the position of the humbler classes in France towards the Napoleonic cult, they indicate in plain yet convincing language the inherent weakness of that cult after Napoleon began his wild ...

Excerpt from Confessions of a Clarionet Player: And Other Tales When my uncle Stavolo purchased his fifteenth arpent of vines at the sale of the effects of old Hans Aden Fischer, in the year of grace 1840, and paid a thousand crowns hard cash for it to Bischof the notary, the whole village of Eckerswir was filled with surprise and admiration. Several people proposed to confer the highest civic honours on him, to appoint him burgomaster, or me...

Excerpt from The Story of a Campaign in Kabylia: Told by a Chasseur D'afrique, and Other Tales Listen to me (said my friend Goguel to me), you are a peaceable man, you are fond of cattle, bees, and everything belonging to country life. Nothing can be more natural, from father to son your family have always been ploughing, and sowing, and reaping. But you must not suppose that all men are just like you, and that you alone are fulfilling the de...

Excerpt from Popular Tales and Romances Rembrandt's reputation was solidly established in 1646. Magnificent engravings, made by himself, had popularised his original and fantastic manner throughout Europe. Every one of his productions was a progress in art, the admirable skillfulness of the chiaroscuro - the strange contrast of light and shadow, tho perspective of shade, of which he alone had explored tho mysterious depths, justified the enth...