Letter

 1 PrefNote|          Professor Sherman, Ruth M. Sherman, and Professor
 2 Introd  |          natural antagonists. As M. Faguet observes in a striking
 3 Introd  |         marriage at seventeen to M. Dudevant. After a few years
 4 Introd  |         her Byronic revenge upon M. Dudevant. In Indiana and
 5 Introd  |      world what a beautiful soul M. Dudevant condemned to sewing
 6 Introd  |    George Sand’s French critics, M. Caro, a member of the Academy,
 7 Introd  |      that scheme of things which M. Caro impressively designates
 8 Introd  | maintained,” he continues, “that M. Flaubert’s masterpiece
 9 Introd  |       mercenaries, the cackle of M. Homais. It is all one.
10 Introd  |         of human folly,’ as says M. Voltaire. ... Neo-Catholicism
11 Introd  |          we should not have seen M. de Keratry proposing the
12 Introd  |        of the twelfth century! I’m stifling in gall! These
13 II      |   whether you lent me or gave me M. Taine’s beautiful book.
14 IV      |                           IV. To M. Flobert (Justave) M. of
15 IV      |          To M. Flobert (Justave) M. of Letters Boulevard du
16 IV      |         Palaiseau 9 May, ’66.]~  M. Flobaire, You must be a
17 X       |           1866~Dear friend, as I’m always out, I don’t want
18 XIX     |        being able to say, as did M. de Talleyrand to Louis
19 XXXVI   |         whose address I had from M. Bouilhet who knows me well
20 LVIII   |        great national historian, M. Thiers, who had reached
21 LXV     |        awaits me at the house of M. Lepel-Cointet, the landowner;
22 LXXIII  |        Dozenval,” let us roar at M. Thiers! Can a more triumphant
23 LXXV    |          Cannes.~My rage against M. Thiers is not yet calmed,
24 LXXVII  |       severely threatened.~I saw M. Depaul today. One must
25 LXXXIV  |         again, BOTHERING you for M. Du Camp’s address which
26 LXXXVIII|           O Velches! Velches! as M. de Voltaire would sigh (
27 XCIII   |  paternal grandfather was, after M. Lescure, the head of the
28 XCIII   |         aforesaid head was named M. Fleuriot d’Argentan. I
29 XCIV    |                         XCIV. To M. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, at Croissset
30 XCVII   |         of human folly!” as says M. de Voltaire.~And I am convinced
31 CI      |         most I can do. I am like M. Prudhomme, who thinks that
32 CXXX    |         fine thing, the theatre! M. Saint-Ybars’ contract antedates
33 CXLIV   |        at La Chatre.~Do you know M. Roy, the head of the management
34 CXLIV   |        the princess, a line from M. Roy and our tears would
35 CLX     |          I shall be glad to meet M. Favre; since he is a friend
36 CLXI    |        have seen your physician, M. Favre, who seemed to me
37 CLXII   |      GEORGE SAND Paris, Thursday~M. X.——sent me news of you
38 CLXII   |          preface to the Idees de M. Aubray?~How I long to see
39 CLXXII  |          we should not have seen M. de Keratry proposing the
40 CLXXXIII|        of the twelfth century! I’M STIFLING IN GALL! These
41 CLXXXIV |         abuse of power. Just now M. Thiers seems to understand
42 CXCV    |          than the calumniator of M. Favre.~In order for France
43 CXCVIII |      live on from the effects of M. Demidoff, her late and
44 CCI     |   Pipe-en-Bois more harshly than M. Courbet, Maroteau is condemned
45 CCXII   |          to generalities,—as for M. Decorde, my intentions
46 CCLI    |         be “in the marasmus,” as M. Prudhomme says, and there
47 CCLX    |         Sunday ...~I am not like M. de Vigny, I do not like
48 CCLXX   |     things, it will be gayer.~H. M. the Emperor of all the
49 CCLXXXII|         been swooning away about M. Scribe’s Une Chaine. France
50 CCCII   |        to be like that, and that M. Flaubert will violate the
51 CCCII   |         the highest degree. When M. Flaubert writes well and
52 CCCIII  |          just received news from M. Perrin of the first performance
53 CCCIV   |         my soul.~G. Sand~Do tell M. Zola to send me his book.
54 CCCVI   |          say about the novels of M. Zola, and it would be better
55 CCCVI   |     brain. I should like to read M. Daudet’s book first, the
56 CCCVII  |         you to send my thanks to M. Daudet. Ah, yes! He has
57 CCCVIII |          now “on the stocks,” as M. Prudhomme would say.~I
58 CCCIX   |    Flamarande, and what a man is M. Salcede. The narrative
59 CCCIX   |        abominable wretch is your M. Flamarande! As for the
60 CCCIX   |          we do with it? I admire M. Buffon putting on cuffs
61 CCCXI   |    Risler; I charge you to thank M. Daudet, to tell him that
62 CCCXVI  |          with Aurore and to kill M. Marx.[Footnote: A reporter