A definitive edition of the works of Daudet has been published by
Houssiaux, in octavo, 1899 ff. (18 volumes). Convenient editions of most
of them are published by Flammarion, Lemerre, Fasquelle, and others.
The best sources for the study of Daudet's life and works are his _Trente
Ans de Paris, Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres, Notes sur la vie_ (Paris,
1899), his brother Ernest's _Mon Frère et moi_ (Paris, 1882), and his son
Léon's _Alphonse Daudet_ (Paris, 1898).
The following may also be consulted:
J. BRIVOIS, _Essai de bibliographie des oeuvres de M. Alphonse Daudet_,
Paris, 1895.
H. CÉARD, introduction to the definitive edition.
B. DIEDERICH, _Alphonse Daudet_, Berlin, 1900.
R. DOUMIC, in _Portraits d'écrivains_ and _Études sur la littérature
française_, Vol. III.
HENRY JAMES, in _Partial Portraits_.
J. LEMAÎTRE, in _Les Contemporains_, Vol. II.
R. H. SHERARD, _Alphonse Daudet_, London, 1894.
B. W. WELLS, in _A Century of French Fiction_, New York, 1903.
E. ZOLA, in _Les Romanciers naturalistes_.
The illustrations in the following articles are of interest:
J. A. HAMMERTON, "The Town of Tartarin," in _The Critic_, vol. 47, pp 317
ff.
A. B. MAURICE, "The Trail of Tartarin," in _The Bookman_, vol. 14, pp. 128
ff.; vol. 15, pp. 520 ff.