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The
Bibliomaniac

By Charles Nodier

New-York
J. O. Wright & Co.
1894

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One hundred and fifty copies printed on Japan paper, of which this is No. 48

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THE BIBLIOMANIAC

WITH FORTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DESIGNS
BY MAURICE LELOIR, ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY
F. NOEL, AND A PREFACE BY R. VALLERY-RADOT


TRANSLATED BY
MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT




J. O. WRIGHT & COMPANY
{6}NEW-YORK · MDCCCXCIV

Copyright, 1894, by
J. O. Wright & Company

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PREFACE

“Good, amiable Nodier,” are the words by which the world, apart fromscholars, characterizes Charles Nodier. He is portrayed with a floweredvest, and a frock-coat with great lapels, finished by one of thosecollars which, by an easy play upon words, are called les cols(l’école) des vieillards. Nodier’s collar, which turned up slightly atthe points in a Prudhommesque manner, touched the corners of hisrefined, kindly mouth; but it is difficult immediately to associate theremembrance of certain books with this 1835 face, for time obliterateseverything.

If Nodier belonged by right of his first{10} literary impressions to theclassical school, his liberal spirit soon identified itself with that ofthe romanticists. His face, full of genial originality, bore thecharacteristics of a man living between two literary epochs; but historylittle by little soon effaced all these tints and shades. Nodier was

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