Excerpt from The Vendetta, and Other Poems The small volume of poems published by the author in 1872 - his first edition - having been liberally criticised and favorably noticed by a number of the first-class American journals of literature, induces him to publish the present larger volume, containing many of the old poems revised, with numerous new ones, which are deemed worthy of public consideration. Some of the criticisms and notices above referred to will be found at the close of this book. Trusting that the poems in this edition will be favorably received, as well as add to the pleasure of the general reader, without further introduction this work is presented to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Vendetta: And Other Tales At the period of the first revolution there was at Lyons a man with a human face, but a tiger's heart, who was called Reno - he was the worthy emulator of Chalier, that other tiger who proclaimed himself the Marat of the South. Reno was still living in 1846, when he was sometimes to be met in the evening and always alone (ferocious beasts are oi solitary habits) in the neighborhood of Perrache, on the South Road, or else around the race-course; he was never seen at the Brotteaux, that vast cemetery sowed by the cannon of the Revolution - Reno was afraid of ghosts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.