Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Acrobats and Mountebanks
It appeared to me that the best part of these novels, the portions most appreciated by the readers, were the facts of actual experience. I therefore asked myself if the time had not come to present to the public these facts free from all romantic fiction, in a form in which the author only intervenes in order to arrange the incidents and to point out the philo sophy to be derived from them.
The success of this book will prove whether the attempt is premature, or whether there will be any reason for a sequel.
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