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From The Man with the Broken Ear, translated from the French of Edmond About by Henry Holt, New York: 1867, Leypoldt & Holt; pp. [i-iv].

THE MAN.

WITH

THE BROKEN EAR

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF

EDMOND ABOUT

BY

HENRY HOLT

NEW YORK:
LEYPODT & HOLT.
1867

Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
HENRY HOLT
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the
Southern District of New York.

JOHN F. TROW & CO.,
PRINTERS, STEREOPTYPERS, AND ELECTROTYPERS,
50 Greene Street, New York.

DEAR LEYPOLDT:

You have not forgotten that nearly two years ago, before our business connection was thought of, this identical translation was ‘respectfully declined’ by you with that same courtesy, the exercise of which in frequent similar cases, each one of us now tries so hard to shove on the other’s shoulders. I hope that your surprise on reading this note of dedication will not interfere with your forgiving the pertinacity with which, through it, I still strive to make the book yours.

H. H.

451 BROOME STREET, May 16, 1867.

The Translator has placed a few explanatory Notes at the end of the volume. They are referred to by numbers in the text.

[In the online edition, these notes have been incorporated into the body of the text, at end of the page of the pertinent chapter. — Elf.Ed.]

CHAPTER I.

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