Chapter VI Bibliography
“Habent sua fati libelli.”
—Martial.
The following catalogue is a list of the works which are contained in the “Comédie Humaine,” together with those with which it was to have been completed. The titles in italics are those of the latter class.
Thereto will be found appended a complete list, chronologically arranged, of Balzac’s novels, as well as of all his treatises, essays, articles, and plays, together with an account of the different positions which they occupied. Some of these works were published anonymously, several were written in collaboration with other writers, many appeared under confusing pseudonyms, while reference to the original editions prove that the majority of the works now comprised in the Édition Définitive26 bear dates singularly at variance with those of their first publication. The preparation of this catalogue has not been, therefore, an easy task; and while it still leaves much to be desired, the compiler hopes that it may nevertheless be of some value to the Balzac bibliophile.
THE COMÉDIE HUMAINE.
First part.—Études de Mœurs.
Second part.—Études Philosophiques.
Third part.—Études Analytiques.
FIRST PART.—ÉTUDES DE MŒURS.
Six divisions.
| I. | Scènes de la Vie Privée. |
| II. | Scènes de la Vie de Province. |
| III. | Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. |
| IV. | Scènes de la Vie Politique. |
| V. | Scènes de la Vie Militaire. |
| VI. | Scènes de la Vie de Campagne. |
I. Scènes de la Vie Privée. Four volumes.
II. Scènes de la Vie de Province. Four volumes.
III. Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. Four volumes.
IV. Scènes de la Vie Politique. Three volumes.
V. Scènes de la Vie Militaire. Four volumes.
VI. Scènes de la Vie de Campagne. Two volumes.
SECOND PART. ÉTUDES PHILOSOPHIQUES.
Three volumes.
THIRD PART. ÉTUDES ANALYTIQUES.
Two volumes.
1822.
L’Héritière de Birague, histoire tirée des manuscrits de dom Rago, ex-prieur des Bénédictins, mise à jour par ses deux neveux, A. de Viellerglé et Lord R’hoone. Four volumes in-12. Hubert. 1822.
Jean-Louis, ou la Fille Trouvée, par A. de Viellerglé et Lord R’hoone. Four volumes in-12. Hubert 1822.
Clotilde de Lusignan, ou le Beau Juif: manuscrit trouvé dans les archives de la Province et publié par Lord R’hoone. Four volumes in-12. Hubert. 1822. This romance was republished in 1836 under the title of L’Israélite, and signed Horace de Saint-Aubin.
Le Centenaire, ou les Deux Beringheld, by Horace de Saint-Aubin. Four volumes. Pollet. 1822. This romance was republished in 1837 under the title of Le Sorcier.
Le Vicaire des Ardennes, by Horace de Saint-Aubin. Four volumes. Pollet. 1822.
1823.
La Dernière Fée, by Horace de Saint-Aubin. Two volumes. Barba. 1823. Second edition, considerably enlarged. Delongchamps. 1824.
1824.
Du Droit d’Âinesse. Published in pamphlet form, and signed “par M. D——.” Delongchamps, Dentu et Petit. 1824.
Histoire Impartiale des Jésuites. Anonymous. Delongchamps. April, 1824.
Annette et le Criminel, a continuation of Le Vicaire des Ardennes, signed Horace de Saint-Aubin. Four volumes. Buissot. 1824. Republished in 1836 under the title of Argore le Pirate.
1825.
Code des Gens Honnêtes, ou l’Art de ne pas être Dupe des Fripons. Written in collaboration with Horace Raisson. Anonymous. Barba. 1825.
Wann-Chlore. Anonymous. Four volumes. Canel et Delongchamps. 1825. This romance was republished in 1836 under the title of Jane la Pâle, signed Horace de Saint-Aubin.
Molière. Introduction to Les œuvres Complètes de Molière. One volume. Delongchamps. 1825.
1826.
La Fontaine. Introduction to Les œuvres Complètes de La Fontaine. One volume. H. de Balzac and A. Sautelet. 1826.
Petit Dictionnaire des Enseignes de Paris. Published by Balzac in 1826, and signed “Un Batteur de Pavé.”
1829.
Le Dernier Chouan. The first edition was published by Urbain Cabanel. Four volumes in-12. The second edition, entitled Les Chouans, was published by Vimont in 1834. In 1846 Les Chouans reappeared in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie Militaire.
Fragoletta. Criticism. Le Mercure du XIXe Siècle.
Physiologie du Mariage. The first edition was published anonymously. Two volumes in-8. Urbain Cabanel. The second edition, signed, appeared in 1834. Ollivier. In 1846 it entered the first edition of the Études Analytiques.
1830.
Étude de Mœurs par les Gants. La Silhouette, 9 January, 1830.
El Verdugo. Originally appeared in La Mode, 29 January, and entitled Souvenirs Soldatesques. In 1835 it entered the fourth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
Une Vue de Touraine. La Silhouette, 11 February.
Complaintes Satiriques. La Mode, 12 February.
Un Homme Malheureux. La Silhouette, 18 February.
L’Usurier. First chapter of Gobseck. La Mode, 26 February.
Étude de Femme. Originally appeared in La Mode, 12 March, 1830. It reappeared in 1831 in the Romans et Contes Philosophiques, by H. de Balzac. Three volumes. Gosselin. In 1842 it entered the first volume of the fifth edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Visites. I. Un Pensionnat de Demoiselles. II. L’Atelier d’un Peintre. La Mode, 2 and 6 April. Signed “Comte Alex. de ——.”
Voyage pour l’Éternité. La Silhouette, 15 April.
L’Épicier. La Silhouette, 25 April.
Des Artistes. Three articles. La Silhouette, 25 February, 11 March, 22 April.
La Paix du Ménage. Originally published in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée. Two volumes in-8. Maure et Delaunay-Vallée.
These volumes also contained:—
La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote, then entitled Gloire et Malheur; Le Bal de Sceaux; La Vendetta, and La Femme Vertueuse (Une Double Famille).
Le Bibliophile Jacob. Le Voleur, 5 May.
Le Charlatan. La Silhouette, 6 May.
L’Oisif et le Travailleur. La Mode, 8 May.
Madame Tontendieu. La Silhouette, 8 May.
Mœurs Aquatiques. La Silhouette, 20 May.
Des Mots à la Mode. La Mode, 22 May.
De la Mode en Littérature. La Mode, 29 May.
Nouvelle Théorie du Déjeuner. La Mode, 29 May.
Adieu. Originally appeared in La Mode, 15 May. In 1832, under the title of Le Devoir d’une Femme, it appeared in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée, but in 1835 it became incorporated in the Études Philosophiques.
Étude de Philosophie Morale. La Silhouette, 17 June.
De la Vie de Château. La Mode, 26 June.
Physiologie de Toilette. La Silhouette, 3 June.
Physiologie Gastronomique. La Silhouette, 15 August.
Gavarni. La Mode, 2 October.
L’Élixir de Longue Vie. Originally published in La Revue de Paris, October, 1830. In 1835 it entered the Études Philosophiques.
Le Ministre. Prospectus of La Caricature.
Croquis. La Caricature, October.
Une Vue du Grand Monde. La Caricature, October.
Ressouvenirs. La Caricature, November.
Les Voisins. La Caricature, November.
Une Consultation. La Caricature, November.
L’Opium. La Caricature November.
La Reconnaissance du Gamin. La Caricature, November.
La Colique. La Caricature, November.
L’Archevêque. La Caricature, November.
This last fantasy contains the germ of La Belle Impéria. It may be noted that none of Balzac’s contributions to La Caricature were signed by his own name, his different pseudonyms being Alf. Condreux, Le Cte Alex de B——, Henry de B——, and E. Morisseau.
Traité de la Vie Élégante. La Mode, 2, 9, 16, and 23 October. These articles were republished in La Librarie Nouvelle in 1853.
La Comédie du Diable. La Mode, 13 November. In 1831 La Comédie du Diable was republished in the first edition of the Romans et Contes Philosophiques, but it has never formed part of the Comédie Humaine.
Des Salons Littéraires. La Mode, 20 November.
La Tour de la Birette. La Silhouette, 21 November.
Le Garçon de Bureau. La Caricature, 25 November.
Sarrasine. Originally published in La Revue de Paris, November, 1830. In 1831 it formed part of the Romans et Contes Philosophiques, and subsequently entered the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Des Caricatures. La Caricature, 2 December.
Une Lutte. La Caricature, 9 December.
Les Litanies Romantiques. La Caricature, 9 December.
La Danse des Pierres. A fragment of the legend entitled Jésus-Christ en Flandre. La Caricature, 9 December.
De ce qui n’est pas à la Mode. La Caricature, 10 December.
Le Petit Mercier. La Caricature, 16 December. Portions of this article reappeared in La Fille aux Yeux d’Or.
La Mort de ma Tante. La Caricature, 16 December.
Le Dernier Napoléon. La Caricature, 16 December. This article, rearranged, forms the commencement of La Peau de Chagrin.
Une Garde. La Caricature, 23 December.
Si j’étais Riche. La Caricature, 23 December.
Vengeance d’Artiste. La Caricature, 23 December.
Entre-Filet. La Caricature, 23 December.
Une Inconséquence. La Caricature, 30 December.
Les Horloges Vivantes. La Caricature, 30 December.
Les Étrennes. La Caricature, 30 December.
Une Passion dans le Désert. Originally appeared in the Revue de Paris, 24 December, 1830. In 1837 it was republished in the fourth edition of the Études Philosophiques, but in 1846 it was changed to the Scènes de la Vie Militaire.
Un Épisode sous la Terreur. Published as introduction to the Mémoires de Samson. Two volumes. Maure et Delaunay. Reappeared in 1845 in Le Royal Keepsake, and in 1846 entered the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie Politique.
Souvenirs d’un Paria. Contained in the foregoing volume.
Lettres sur Paris. Nineteen contributions to Le Voleur, unsigned, dating from 26 September, 1830, to 29 March, 1831.
1831.
Les Deux Dragons. La Silhouette, 2 January.
La Grisette. La Caricature, 6 January.
Paris en 1831. La Caricature, 24 March.
Un Importun. La Caricature, 24 March.
Un Député d’Alors. La Caricature, 24 March.
Le Cornac de Carlsruhe. La Caricature, 31 March.
Le Dimanche. La Caricature, 31 March.
Opinion de mon Épicier. La Caricature, 7 April.
Longchamps. La Caricature, 7 April.
L’Embuscade. La Caricature, 7 April.
Une Semaine. La Caricature, 14 April.
De l’Indifférence en Matière Politique. La Caricature, 14 April.
Le Réquisitionnaire. Originally appeared in the Revue de Paris, 23 February, 1831. It was republished, same year, in the Romans et Contes Philosophiques, and in 1846 was collected in the Études Philosophiques.
L’Enfant Maudit. First part originally appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes, January, 1831. It was republished the same year in the Romans et Contes, and was subsequently collected in the Études Philosophiques.
Des Signes Particuliers. La Caricature, 21 April.
Les Proscrits. Originally appeared in the Revue de Paris, May, 1831; was republished in the Romans et Contes. In 1835 it formed, with Louis Lambert and Séraphita, a volume entitled Le Livre Mystique. Werdet. In 1840 it entered the Études Philosophiques.
Enquête sur la Politique des Deux Ministères. Published in pamphlet form, and signed M. de Balzac, électeur éligible. April, 1831. A. Levavaseur.
Tableau d’un Intérieur de Famille. La Caricature, 12 May.
Le Provincial. La Caricature, 12 May.
Inconvénients de la Presse. La Caricature, 12 May.
Le Patriotisme de Clarice. La Caricature, 26 May.
Un Pantalon de Poil de Chèvre. La Caricature, 27 May.
Le Suicide d’un Poëte (a fragment of La Peau de Chagrin). Was published originally in the Revue de Paris, May, 1831. The entire work appeared in August of the same year in two volumes. Gosselin. It was subsequently collected in the Études Philosophiques.
Un Déjeuner sous le Pont Royal. La Caricature, 2 June.
Ordre Public. La Caricature, 9 June.
Une Séance à l’Hôtel Bullion. La Caricature, 16 June.
Conseil des Ministres. La Caricature, 16 June.
Croquis. La Caricature, 16 June.
La Belle Impéria. Revue de Paris, 7 June.
Dom Pedro II. La Caricature, 23 June.
Manière de faire Émeute. La Caricature, 23 June.
Un Conspirateur Moderne. La Caricature, 21 July.
Physiologie des Positions. La Caricature, 21 July.
Rondo Brillant et Facile à l’Usage des Commençants en Politique. La Caricature, 28 July.
Le Banquier. La Caricature, 4 August.
Le Chef d’Œuvre Inconnu. Published originally in L’Artiste, it was subsequently inserted in the Études Philosophiques.
Physiologie de l’Adjoint. La Caricature, 11 August.
Deux Rencontres en un An. La Caricature, 11 August.
Les Grands Acrobates. La Caricature, 18 August.
Un Fait Personnel. La Caricature, 18 August.
L’Auberge Rouge. Appeared originally in the Revue de Paris, 10 and 27 August. It was subsequently inserted in the Études Philosophiques.
Le Claquer. La Caricature, 8 September.
Vingt et Un Septembre, 1822. La Caricature, 22 September.
Jésus-Christ en Flandre. First appeared in the Romans et Contes Philosophiques. In 1845 it was inserted among the Études Philosophiques.
Le Sous-Préfet. La Caricature, 6 October.
Exaltation des Ministres. La Caricature, 6 October.
Moralité d’une Bouteille de Champagne. La Caricature, 20 October.
Études Critiques. La Caricature, 3 November.
Physiologie du Cigare. La Caricature, 10 November.
La Fortune en 1831. La Caricature, 17 November.
Grand Concert Vocal. La Caricature, 24 November.
L’Embarras du Choix. La Caricature, 1 December.
Les Six Degrés du Crime et de la Vertu. La Caricature, 15 December.
Détails Inédits. La Caricature, 29 December.
Maître Cornélius. Originally published in the Revue de Paris, was afterwards inserted among the Études Philosophiques.
1832.
Une Journée du Nez de M. d’Argout. La Caricature, 12 January.
Deux Destinées d’Homme. La Caricature, 26 January.
Religion Saint-Simonienne. La Caricature, 26 January.
Le Départ. A sketch published in a book entitled L’Émeraude. Urbain Canel.
Histoire du Chevalier de Beauvoir, and Le Grand d’Espagne. Originally appeared in an article entitled Conversation entre Onze Heures et Minuit. These two stories were afterwards inserted in La Muse du Département. Conversation entre Onze Heures et Minuit formed part of a volume entitled Les Contes Bruns, which was published anonymously by Balzac, Philarète Chasles, and Charles Rabou.
La Maîtresse de Notre Colonel. An extract from Conversation entre Onze Heures et Minuit. It was afterwards inserted in Autre Étude de Femme.
Départ d’une Diligence. La Caricature, 9 February.
Voilà mon Homme. La Caricature, 23 February.
Madame Firmiani. Originally appeared in the Revue de Paris, February, 1832. In the same year it was published in the Nouveaux Contes Philosophiques de Balzac, and entered in 1842 the fifth edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Le Message. Originally appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes, 15 February, 1832. In 1842 it entered the fifth edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Le Colonel Chabert. Originally entitled La Comtesse à Deux Maris. This story first appeared in L’Artiste, February and March, 1832. It reappeared the same year in Salmigundis, a collection of nouvellesby different authors, published by Fournier Jeune, in twelve volumes, and in 1844 entered the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Procès de la Caricature. La Caricature, 15 March.
Sur la Destruction Projetée du Monument du Duc de Berry. Le Rénovateur, 31 March.
Le Philipotin. La Caricature, 22, 29 March and 5 April.
Terme d’Avril. La Caricature, 19 April.
La Vie d’une Femme. Le Rénovateur, 19 May.
Facéties Cholériques. La Caricature, 26 April.
Contes Drolatiques, Premier Dizain. One volume in-8. Charles Gosselin, April, 1832.
Le Refus. Published with other stories, by different authors, in a book entitled Le Saphir. Urbain Canel, 1832.
Le Curé de Tours. First published in the second edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée. In 1843 it was changed to the Scènes de la Vie de Province, third edition.
La Grande Bretèche. First published in the second edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée, and entitled Le Conseil. Under this heading was also grouped Le Message.
La Bourse. First published in the second edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée; it was afterwards inserted in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne, but in 1845 it was replaced among the Scènes de la Vie Privée, fifth edition.
Sur la Situation du Parti Royaliste. Le Rénovateur, 26 May.
La Femme Abandonnée. First published in the Revue de Paris, September, 1832. In 1833 it was republished among the Scènes de la Vie de Province, first edition, and in 1842 was changed to the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Lettre à Charles Nodier. Revue de Paris, October.
Louis Lambert. Appeared originally among the Nouveaux Contes Philosophiques. Greatly augmented, it reappeared in 1835 in Le Livre Mystique. In 1846 it entered the fifth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
Voyage à Java. Revue de Paris, November, 1832. Republished in 1855 in the same volume as Les Paysans. It does not, however, form part of the Comédie Humaine.
La Grenadière. Revue de Paris, October, 1832. Republished in the Scènes de la Vie de Province, it was in 1842 collected among the Scènes de la Vie Privée, fifth edition.
Les Marana. Under the title of Histoire de Madame Diard this story was first published in the Revue de Paris, October, 1832. It reappeared among the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne, first edition; but in 1846 it was definitely inserted among the Études Philosophiques.
1833.
Histoire des Treize. Three divisions. The first, Ferragus, appeared with preface in the Revue de Paris, March, 1833. The second, La Duchesse de Langeais, was commenced, but not finished, in the Écho de la France, under the title of Ne Touchez pas à la Hache, and published in its entirety in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. The third, La Fille aux Yeux d’Or, first announced under the title of La Fille aux Yeux Rouges, originally appeared in the first edition of Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Le Prosne du Joyeulx Curé de Meudon. First appeared in La Bagatelle, 13 June. It subsequently reappeared among Les Contes Drolatiques, Deuxième Dizain. One volume. Gosselin, July, 1833.
Théorie de la Démarche. Europe Littéraire, August and September, 1833. In 1855 it was republished in one volume in-18. Eugène Didier.
Persévérance d’Amour. First appeared in Europe Littéraire, 8 September. In 1837 it reappeared among the Contes Drolatiques, Troisième Dizain. One volume in-8. Werdet.
Le Médecin de Campagne. Originally published by Maure et Delaunay. Two volumes in-8 in September, 1833. In 1846 this work appeared in the first edition of Scènes de la Vie de Campagne.
Eugénie Grandet. First published in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
L’Illustre Gaudissart. First published in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
1834.
Séraphita. The publication of this work was begun in the Revue de Paris, but appeared for the first time complete in Le Livre Mystique. Two volumes. Werdet. In 1846 it entered the fifth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
La Recherche de l’Absolu. This work originally appeared among the Scènes de la Vie Privée. It was reprinted by Charpentier under the title of Balthazar Claës. In 1845 it was inserted among the Études Philosophiques.
La Femme de Trente Ans. Six divisions. The first, Premières Fautes, appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes in September, 1831, under the title of Le Rendez-vous. The second, Souffrances Inconnues, appeared in the fourth volume of the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée, 1834, as did also the third, À Trente Ans. The fourth, Le Doigt de Dieu, was published in two parts: the first, bearing the same title, in the Revue de Paris, March, 1831; the second, entitled La Vallée du Torrent, in the fourth volume of the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée, 1834. The fifth division, Les Deux Rencontres, appeared in the Revue de Paris, January, 1831. The sixth and last division was first published under the title of L’Expiation in the fourth volume of the second edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée, 1832. Reunited finally under the title of La Femme de Trente Ans, these different headings disappeared on their entrance into the fifth edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée, 1842.
Le Père Goriot. Originally appeared in the Revue de Paris, in December, 1834, and January, 1835. A second edition was published the same year by Werdet and Spachmann. In 1843 it entered the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Lettres aux Écrivains Français. Revue de Paris, November, 1834.
Aventures d’une Idée Heureuse. Of this work, which was to form part of the Études Philosophiques, but a short fragment has appeared. This fragment was published in the Causeries du Monde in 1834.
1835.
Un Drame au Bord de la Mer. First published in the fourth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
Melmoth Réconcilié. First published in Le Livre des Conteurs. Lequin Fils, 1835. In the same year it entered the fourth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
Le Contrat de Mariage. This work, originally entitled La Fleur-des-Pois, first appeared in the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Le Lys dans la Vallée. The publication of this romance was begun in the Revue de Paris, November, 1835, but was not continued. It was published in its entirety the following year by Werdet, and in 1844 it entered the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
1836.
La Messe de l’Athée. First published in the Chronique de Paris, 3 January. In 1837 it was inserted among the Études Philosophiques, but in 1844 it was changed to the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
L’Interdiction. First published in the Chronique de Paris, January and February. It was changed from the Études Philosophiques to the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne, and in 1844 was finally settled in the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Études Critiques. Five articles published in the Chronique de Paris at different dates during the year 1836.
La France et l’Étranger. Forty-one articles published in the Chronique de Paris during the year 1836.
Le Cabinet des Antiques. First appeared in the Chronique de Paris, 6 March, 1836. In 1844 it entered the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Facino Cane. Under the title of Le Père Canet, this story originally appeared in the Chronique de Paris, 17 March, 1836. In 1844 it was changed from the Études Philosophiques, in which it had been previously placed, and inserted among the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Ecce Homo. Chronique de Paris, 9 June. Subsequently placed among the Études Philosophiques, under the title of Les Martyrs Ignorés, but omitted in the Édition Définitive.
L’Enfant Maudit. Second part. Chronique de Paris, 9 October. In 1846 this work was published complete in the fifth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
La Vieille Fille. La Presse, 23 October, 1836. Under the collective title of Les Rivalités, this tale, together with Le Cabinet des Antiques, reappeared in the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Le Secret des Ruggieri. Chronique de Paris, December, 1836. Subsequently entered the Études Philosophiques.
1837.
Illusions Perdues. Three divisions. The first, Les Deux Poëtes, was originally published in the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Province. The second, Un Grand Homme de Province à Paris, was published two years later (1839) by Souverain, in two volumes. The third, Ève et David, was commenced under the title of Les Souffrances d’un Inventeur, in Le Parisien, July, 1843, and completed in L’État, August, same year. United under their collective title, these three divisions were placed among the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Les Employés. Originally entitled La Femme Supérieure. La Presse, 1-14 July, 1837. Republished in the third edition of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Gambara. La Gazette Musicale, July, 1837. Subsequently entered the Études Philosophiques.
César Birotteau. Offered by the Figaro, December 27, 1837, as premium to their subscribers. Two volumes in-8. Originally intended for the Études Philosophiques, this work was afterwards placed among the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Six Rois de France, Louis XIII. to Louis XVIII. Dictionnaire de la Conversation.
L’Excommunié. Supposed to have been written by the Marquis de Belloy, but signed Horace de Saint-Aubin. Two volumes in-8. Souverain, 1837.
1838.
Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes. Four divisions. The first, Esther Heureuse, originally entitled La Torpille, and subsequently Comment Aiment les Filles, was first published in book form together with La Maison Nucingen. Two volumes in-8. Werdet, 1837. The second, À Combien l’Amour Revient aux Vieillards, was first published in Le Parisien, May, July, 1843. The third, Où Mènent les Mauvais Chemins, appeared in L’Époque, July, 1846, and bore the title of Une Instruction Criminelle. The fourth, La Dernière Incarnation de Vautrin, appeared in La Presse, April, May, 1847. United under their collective title, these four divisions were placed in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne. The entire work is a sequel to the Illusions Perdues, and a continuation of Le Père Goriot.
La Maison Nucingen. Published together with La Torpille. Werdet, 1838. In 1844 entered the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Traité des Excitants Modernes. Published in 1838 (Charpentier) together with Brillat-Savarin’s Physiologie du Goût.
Une Fille d’Ève. Le Siècle, December, 1838, and January, 1839. In 1842 entered the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
1839.
Le Curé de Village. Published in La Presse at intervals from September, 1838, to August, 1839. A second edition was published by Souverain in 1841. Greatly altered, it entered in 1846 the first edition of the Scènes de la Vie de Campagne.
Béatrix. The first two divisions of this work appeared in Le Siècle, April, May, 1839, under the title of Béatrix, ou les Amours Forcés. The third part, Un Adultère Rétrospectif, appeared in Le Messager, December, 1844. This work now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie Privée. Its principal personages, to wit, Camille Maupin, la Marquise de Rochefide, Claude Vignon, and Conti, are generally understood to represent George Sand, the Comtesse d’Agoult (mother of Wagner’s Widow), Gustave Planché, and Liszt.
Massimilla Doni. La Gazette Musicale, August, 1839. In 1846 it entered the fifth edition of the Études Philosophiques.
Les Secrets de la Princesse de Cadignan, La Presse, August, 1839. It now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Mémoire sur le Procès Peytil. La Presse. September, 1839.
Le Notaire, Monographie du Rentier, and L’Épicier. Published together with a series of sketches by different authors, under the collective title Les Français Peints par Eux-Mêmes. Curiner.
1840.
Pierrette. Le Siècle, 14, 27 January. Subsequently placed among the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Z. Marcas. Revue Parisienne, first number. Republished in 1841 under the title of La Mort d’un Ambitieux. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Politique.
Revue Parisienne. Edited by Balzac. First number, 25 July.
Vautrin. Drama in five acts. Represented at the Porte-St.-Martin, 14 March.
Un Prince de la Bohème. Originally entitled Les Fantaisies de Claudine, it appeared in the second number of the Revue Parisienne. It now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Dom Gigadas. Supposed to have been written by the Comte Ferdinand de Gramont, but signed Horace de Saint-Aubin. Two volumes in-8. Souverain.
Scènes de la Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Two volumes. Hetzel. Contents:—
I. Peines de Cœur d’une Chatte Anglaise.
II. Voyage d’un Lion d’Afrique à Paris.
III. Guide-Ane à l’Usage des Animaux qui veulent parvenir aux Honneurs.
IV. Les Amours de Deux Bêtes.
Pierre Grasson. Originally appeared in a Babel of collection of romances by different authors. Since published in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
La Femme comme il Faut. Now entitled Autre Étude de Femme. First appeared in the fifth edition of the Scènes de la Vie Privée. Portions of this work are taken from other writings of Balzac not comprised in the Comédie Humaine.
1841.
Une Ténébreuse Affaire. Le Commerce, 14 January, 20 February, 1841. Now part of the Scènes Politiques.
Un Ménage de Garçon. Two divisions, of which the first, La Raboulleuse appeared in La Presse, 24 February, 1841, entitled Les Deux Frères; the second, Un Ménage de Garçon, also appeared in La Presse, October, November, 1842. Both divisions were united under the latter title in the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
Notes Remises à MM. les Députés. Pamphlet. Hetzel et Paulin.
Sur Catherine de Médicis. Three divisions:
I. Le Martyr Calviniste. Appeared in the Siècle, March, April, 1841, entitled Les Lecamus.
II. La Confidence des Ruggieri. Chronique de Paris, December, 1836.
III. Les Deux Rêves. La Mode, 8 May, 1830.
United under their collective title, these divisions now form part of the Études Philosophiques.
Ursule Mirouët. Le Messager, August, September, 1841. Now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
La Fausse Maîtresse. Le Siècle, December. Now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Physiologie de l’Employé. One volume in-32. Aubert et Lavinge. Portions of this work will be found in Les Employés.
Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées. La Presse, November, 1841, January, 1842. Now part of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
1842.
Les Ressources de Quinola. Comedy in five acts. Represented at the Odéon, 19 March, 1842.
Albert Savarus. Le Siècle, May, June, 1842. Now part of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
L’Envers de l’Histoire Contemporaine. Two divisions, of which the first, Madame de la Chanterie, originally entitled Les Méchancetés d’un Saint, appeared in the Musée des Familles, September, 1842, September, 1843, and October, 1844; the second division, L’Initié, appeared in the Spectateur Républicain, in August and September, 1848. United under their collective heading, these divisions now form part of the Scènes de la Vie Politique.
Un Début dans la Vie. La Législature, July, September, 1842. This work was originally entitled Le Danger des Mystifications. It now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
La Chine et les Chinois. La Législature, October, 1842.
Avant-Propos de la Comédie Humaine. Dated July, 1842.
1843.
Tony Sans-Soin. Published in the Livre des Petits Enfants. One volume. Hetzel.
Honorine. La Presse, 17-27 March. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Monographie de la Presse Parisienne. Two volumes in-8. Mareseg.
Paméla Giraud. Drama in five acts. Represented at the Gaité, 26 September, 1843.
La Muse du Département. Originally entitled Dinah Piedefer, this romance first appeared in Le Messager, March, April, 1843. Several portions of it are extracts from other works of Balzac not comprised in the Comédie Humaine. It now forms part of the Scènes de la Vie de Province.
1844.
Modeste Mignon. Journal des Débats, April, July, 1844. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Privée.
Gaudissart II. La Presse, 12 October, 1844. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Les Paysans. The first part, Qui Terre a Guerre a, appeared in La Presse, December, 1844. The second part, in which it is supposed Mme. de Balzac collaborated, was published after Balzac’s death in the Revue de Paris, June, 1855. Les Paysans is now contained in the Scènes de la Vie de Campagne.
Les Comédiens sans le Savoir. Le Courrier Français, April, 1844. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Histoire et Physiologie des Boulevards de Paris. Published in Le Diable à Paris. Two volumes in-8. Hetzel.
Ce Qui Disparaît de Paris. Same publication.
1845.
Une Rue de Paris et son Habitant. Le Siècle, 28 July, 1845.
Un Homme d’Affaires. Le Siècle, 10 September. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
Petites Misères de la Vie Conjugale. A collection of fragments published at different times. Chlendowski, 1845. Now contained in the Études Analytiques.
Une Prédiction. L’Almanach du Jour de l’An.
1846.
Les Parents Pauvres. Comprising La Cousine Bette and Le Cousin Pons. Appeared in Le Constitutionnel, October, December, 1846, and March, May, 1847. For these works Le Constitutionnel paid 22,074 francs, of which 12,836 was paid for Cousine Bette, and 9,238 for Cousin Pons. Les Parents Pauvres is now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
1847.
Le Député d’Arcis. The first division of this work, and the only one which is by Balzac, originally appeared in L’Union Monarchique, April, May, 1847. The other divisions are by Charles Rabou, and were published in the Constitutionnel after Balzac’s death. The Député d’Arcis is now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Politique.
1848.
Profession de Foi Politique. Le Constitutionnel, 19 April.
La Marâtre. Drama in five acts. Represented at the Théâtre Historique, 25 May, 1848.
POSTHUMOUS.
La Filandière. Revue de Paris, October, 1851.
Le Faiseur (Mercadet). Comedy. Represented at the Gymnase, 24 August, 1851.
Les Petits Bourgeois. Le Pays, July, October, 1854. Supposed to have been completed by Charles Rabou. Now contained in the Scènes de la Vie Parisienne.
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